Euromillions £45m jackpot winner, 31, is cleared of dangerous driving after head-on crash that killed 75-year-old woman
- Matthew Topham’s BMW collided with a Ford Fiesta in Lincolnshire in 2019
- Topham, 31, said he only took eyes off the road to retrieve his son’s teddy bear
- The crash killed Mary Jane Regler, 75, who was a passenger in the Fiesta
- Topham, of Swinderby, Lincolnshire, admitted causing death by careless driving
- But jurors at Lincoln Crown Court found driving only careless, not dangerous
A £45million lottery winner has today been cleared of dangerous driving after a head-on crash killed a 75-year-old woman.
Matthew Topham, 31, was acquitted of causing death by dangerous driving after his BMW collided with a Ford Fiesta in North Cockerington, Lincolnshire, on Christmas Day in 2019.
He said he only took his eyes off the road to retrieve his son’s teddy bear to stop him ‘screaming like a burglar alarm’ in the crash which killed Mary Jane Regler, 75.
She was a passenger in the Fiesta being driven by 78-year-old Rodney Regler.
Topham – who won £45million on the EuroMillions in 2012 – admitted causing death by careless driving just before his three-day trial.
But jurors at Lincoln Crown Court found Topham, of Swinderby, Lincolnshire, was only driving carelessly, not dangerously.
They acquitted him of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving after deliberating for just over an hour.
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Lottery winner Matthew Topham (pictured with his wife Cassey) has been found not guilty at Lincoln Crown Court of causing a pensioner’s death by dangerous driving in a Christmas Day road crash