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30/01/2008
Victim To Claim Against Lottery-Winning Rapist
A 78-year-old retired teacher has today won a landmark case giving her the right to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won £7m on the national lottery.
The unanimous ruling backed the retired teacher, identified only as Mrs A, and people featured in four other sexual abuses cases, some involving children. The decision is expected to pave the way for thousands of victims to pursue claims for damages many years after their alleged abuse.
The rapist in question, Iorworth Hoare, 59, was jailed for life in 1989 for the attack on Mrs A and attacks on six other women. He spent 16 years in prison before his lottery win while on day release late in 2004. Mrs A received just £5,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board after the attack by Hoare, dubbed the "Lotto Rapist" after his Lotto Extra win.
The woman tried to sue Hoare after his lottery win in 2004, but was unsuccessful because the sex attack happened 19 years ago. Mrs A can now seek to claim compensation which will allow her to go back to the High Court for permission to sue Hoare.
In a statement read by solicitor Sandra Baker, Mrs A said she hoped her compensation claim could now be speedily settled at the high court.
"I am both delighted and relieved that my appeal to the House of Lords has been successful and that I have succeeded in changing a law which will provide others in the future with a means of achieving justice," she said. "It was this, rather than financial gain, which motivated me to begin this process two years ago.
"I hope that many others in the future will be able to benefit from the change in the law which I helped to bring about," she said.
(GC)
The unanimous ruling backed the retired teacher, identified only as Mrs A, and people featured in four other sexual abuses cases, some involving children. The decision is expected to pave the way for thousands of victims to pursue claims for damages many years after their alleged abuse.
The rapist in question, Iorworth Hoare, 59, was jailed for life in 1989 for the attack on Mrs A and attacks on six other women. He spent 16 years in prison before his lottery win while on day release late in 2004. Mrs A received just £5,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board after the attack by Hoare, dubbed the "Lotto Rapist" after his Lotto Extra win.
The woman tried to sue Hoare after his lottery win in 2004, but was unsuccessful because the sex attack happened 19 years ago. Mrs A can now seek to claim compensation which will allow her to go back to the High Court for permission to sue Hoare.
In a statement read by solicitor Sandra Baker, Mrs A said she hoped her compensation claim could now be speedily settled at the high court.
"I am both delighted and relieved that my appeal to the House of Lords has been successful and that I have succeeded in changing a law which will provide others in the future with a means of achieving justice," she said. "It was this, rather than financial gain, which motivated me to begin this process two years ago.
"I hope that many others in the future will be able to benefit from the change in the law which I helped to bring about," she said.
(GC)
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