‘Lotto Lout’ uncle shot wife and turned gun on himself

The uncle of Lottery winner Michael Carroll shot his wife in the head then turned the shotgun on himself, hours after telling his GP his marriage was breaking down.

Stephen Muncaster, 47, killed his wife Allison, 48, as she sat on the sofa at their home in Magdalen, near King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

His body was found in the front garden with a shotgun wound to the head and his shotgun beside him, an inquest in Norwich heard yesterday.

An earlier hearing con- cluded Mrs Muncaster was unlawfully killed and senior coroner Jacqueline Lake concluded that Mr Muncaster’s death was suicide.

Mr Muncaster was the uncle of so-called “Lotto Lout” Michael Carroll, who hit the headlines in 2002 when he won £9.7 million on the National Lottery.

The former binman blew all of his winnings before taking a job in a biscuit factory. Mr Muncaster had visited his GP the day before the shooting and said he was depressed.

GP Chris Holmes said in a written statement: “He came to see me on July 11 2016 complaining he was feeling depressed that his marriage was breaking down. His wife had told him she was leaving him and he suspected she was seeing someone else.”

Mr Holmes said he questioned Mr Muncaster about whether he had thoughts about self-harm and he was “adamant he would not harm himself, citing his five grandchildren”.

The shooting of Mrs Muncaster was captured on CCTV cameras in the property, but the death of Mr Muncaster happened out of view of the cameras outside the property.

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