Tell us the truth on my tragic pal and £2.5m Lotto fraud

Camelot colleague’s plea over wall of silence

A COLLEAGUE of a Lottery worker who allegedly helped a violent rapist bag a £2.5million jackpot has revealed: “I just want the truth to come out.”

Camelot analyst Andrew Sales, 60, was devastated when close pal Giles Knibbs took his own life.

After the suicide of Knibbs, who worked in the lotto operator’s fraud unit, it was claimed he was the “inside man” in Edward Putman’s suspect jackpot win.

But detectives probing the alleged scam have been met with a wall of silence.

Now Mr Sales, 60, has spoken out for the first time to plead for the riddle to be cleared up.

He said: “It’s a very sordid affair. I went to the police voluntarily with everything I knew because I wanted them to take it further.

“Giles was a friend and he died in tragic circumstances. I would love the full story to come out.”

Fraud expert Mr Knibbs, 38, is said to have given vital information to convicted sex attacker Putman for his 2009 win.

After he was secretly recorded implicating himself in the alleged scam, Mr Knibbs took his own life amid claims he was blackmailing Putman for £900,000.

Nobody has ever been prosecuted despite a Gambling Commission report finding it was “more likely than not” Putman’s winning ticket was fake.

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