Lotto lout flogs trashed mansion

Lotto lout Michael Carroll has been forced to sell his dream home  making a staggering £600,000 loss.

The 27-year-old former bin man, who won £9.7million on the Lottery eight years ago, trashed his Norfolk mansion The Grange with years of wild parties.

Carroll paid £340,000 for the five-bed home and splashed out £400,000 on an extension, pool, Jacuzzi and refurbishment.

But the chav, who was declared bankrupt in February, finally sold the property last week for a dismal £142,000.

Inside the mansion, debris is strewn across the floor and kitchen units have been destroyed.

Yobs have also scrawled "Mikey joy rider from hell" on the filthy walls.

Furniture dragged from the mansion has been dumped in the garden and the swimming pool is now a swamp filled with rubbish.

Any windows not boarded up have been smashed by thieves and vandals, and tonnes of earth and old tyres have been dumped in the garden.

A friend said Carroll plans to invest the money from the sale in an internet gambling site, buy a £10,000 car for his girlfriend Gemma Peake and take 18-month-old daughter Faye on holiday to Spain.

He said: "He's been desperate to sell that house because he needs some money. It was the last asset he had.

"All the new bedrooms have been trashed and kitchen units have been ripped out over the years.

"It's been sitting there for ages. It's been the house no one wanted to buy."

The penniless lout had hoped to return to his old job as a £200-a-week bin man after being made bankrupt in February — but did not get the job.

He sold the house on Thursday to Peter Mears, a travel agent from Norfolk, who plans to renovate and move in.

If the house in Swaffham, Norfolk, had been kept well, Carroll could have received up to £700,000.

His ex-wife Sandra will get half the cash from the sale and after paying estate agents and solicitors, he will be left with just £63,000.

Since Carroll hit the jackpot he has frittered away his fortune on women, alcohol and drugs.

He has also racked up ASBOs, motoring offences, criminal charges and a prison sentence.

He moved from The Grange in 2004 to a £350,000 ranch-style home in Downham Market before moving again to modest new-build semi in the area.

Article from: www.thesun.co.uk 10/08/10