Lotto gran Susanne Hinte dies
A gran who tried to claim a £33 million lotto jackpot by alleging she had put the ticket in the washing machine, has died.
Susanne Hinte, 49, is believed to have had a heart attack at her home on Monday afternoon.
Last year the grandmother of four, known to friends as Sanne, contacted Camelot after claiming she found the winning ticket in her jeans which had been damaged when it went through the wash.
She alleged she had won half the £66 million jackpot from the January 9th draw in 2016 after it was revealed the winning ticket was bought in her home town of Worcester.
But when German-born Sanne sent them the crumpled ticket, investigators from the security team soon determined the ticket wasn't incorrect.
Neighbours described how police and an ambulance crew suddenly raced to Susanne Hinte's home.
A spokesperson from West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We can confirm that it was called to reports of a woman in cardiac arrest at a property in Borrowdale Drive, Worcester, at 5.35pm on Monday.
"An ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene.
"Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent on arrival at the scene that nothing could be done to save the patient and she was confirmed deceased."
Police also attended the property and confirmed that her death is not being treated as suspicious.
A West Mercia Police spokesperson said: "Police were called by the ambulance service to an address on Borrowdale Drive, Worcester at 5,40pm on August 14.
"A woman, aged 49, was declared dead at the scene. Her death is not being treated as suspicious and has been referred to the coroner. Her next of kin are aware."
She is believed to share the £175,000 semi detached home on a housing estate in Worcester with her son.
Sanne provoked a storm of criticism by the false claim and later revealed she regretted the whole incident and felt suicidal.
Last year she said: "I wanted to be dead.
"I couldn't understand why all of a sudden I was hated by so many people.
"I didn't do anything wrong."
In January her former friend was found guilty of a revenge porn offence after selling pictures of her topless and wearing lingerie to a national newspaper.
Worcester magistrates' court was told Julie Howard received £750 for the images to get her back for hiding her hair curlers in a tumble dryer.
Howard was given a suspended six-week jail term after she was found guilty of disclosing sexual pictures.
Sanne had also been before the courts following the false claim.
Last July she was cleared of stealing a woman's purse following a three day trial in Birmingham.
And in April 2016 a charge that she stole an Xbox controller from a man she had met online was dropped when he declined to attend court.
