A MUM of four on benefits celebrated a £14.5million EuroMillions win yesterday — as the ex who split with her seven months ago said: “She’s told me I’ll never see a penny.”
Bev Doran, 37, hit the jackpot after breaking up with Sean Priestley, her partner of least 12 years and dad of three of her kids.
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Seaan Preistley, former partner of lottery winner Bev Doran, pictured today after admitting his ex told him he 'won't be getting a penny'Credit: Not known refer to copyright holder
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Bev Doran hit the jackpot just seven months after she and dad Sean Priestley, 48, splitCredit: PA:Press Association
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Sean's Facebook post revealing he'll never get his hands on the cashCredit: Not known refer to copyright holder
And as beaming Bev sprayed bubbly at a EuroMillions press conference yesterday, gloomy Sean sat on the doorstep of his run down semi and said: “I am, and probably always will be, skint.”
Tattooist Sean, 48, said he is “chuffed” for Bev and at the weekend he looked after the kids as she went on a £1,000 shopping spree to celebrate her windfall.
But on Facebook he told friends: “She’s already assured me I will never see a penny.
“So please don’t ask me to have a word, see if I can borrow owt or invest in anything. It’s nothing to do with me.”
But today Sean, 48, diplomatically insisted: “I’m thrilled for her. To know the kids are going to be going to be financially secure is great news.
“I’d love to say more but I've got to think of the kids.”
Bev, of Shipley, West Yorks, began her new life by telling friends they could help themselves to her furniture, washing machine and other possessions.
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Sean said he was 'chuffed' for his ex and happy that his kids would be getting financial supportCredit: Not known refer to copyright holder
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Her ex-partner Sean Priestly, of Bradford, seemed less jubilant than his former lover about the winCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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While others basked in the glow of the Beverley's win Sean seemed less inclined to get involvedCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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Full time carer Bev was forced to give up her job as a receptionist but is now a millionaireCredit: PA:Press Association
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Beverley Doran celebrates scooping a £14,509,500 jackpot prize on last Friday's EuroMillions drawCredit: PA:Press Association
She piled her belongings into a skip and neighbours helped themselves, walking away with lamps, old toys, towels and suitcases.
The single mum now has her eye on the most expensive home in Shipley — a detached seven bedroom home with an £800,000 price tag.
She said her win was a real life “rags to riches” tale after years of battling to provide for her family on state handouts.
She told how she recently dined out but could only stretch to a poached egg on toast at her local Morrisons supermarket.
Bev gave up work two years ago to care for her children aged five, nine, ten and 17, two of whom have autism.
Since then she lived on £1,280 a month in benefits.
Delighted Bev, who ironically is allergic to champagne, said: "It's just come at a right nice time. I've been there like most people. I've struggled.
"It's overwhelming to know that I'm never going to have to struggle again.
To be honest, I'm still in a whirlwind, I still haven't got my head round it.
"I don't know what I'm going to spend the money on and I don't know who I'm going to help.
"But, obviously, people are going to benefit from it.
"I won't be keeping it all to myself. The main thing is that my children are going to be fine.
"I've spent many a night with depression wondering what would happen to my children, especially when they're older.
"Now I don't have that worry."
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Single mum Beverley Doran told neighbours to help themselves to items from her homeCredit: PA:Press Association
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Single mother-of-four Beverley has already moved out of her three-bed semi council home in Shipley, West Yorks., following her winCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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The home of Beverley Doran who is celebrating after winning £14,509,500 last FridayCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
She wasted no time moving out of her £70,000 three-bedroom house at the weekend and has her eye on the larger seven-bed home, which comes complete with a basement annex, three receptions rooms, a sun room and conservatory.
A pal of Bev's said: "She won't be coming back".
She discovered she had won the jackpot on Saturday morning whilst lying in bed and checking her phone.
After winning £50 in Wednesday's draw she decided to make the most of her good luck so bought a EuroMillions lucky dip ticket online.
She said: "I could see the jackpot amount but couldn't work out what I'd won. Then I slowly realised it was one UK winner and that that person was me.
"I jumped out of bed and burst into my eldest son's bedroom.
"He was asleep but I was shouting 'I've won the Euros. I'm a millionaire'.
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The single mum, pictured at a press conference, spent the weekend splashing the cash in the shopsCredit: PA:Press Association
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Bev gave up work two years ago to look after her kids, two of whom have autism, and has been living off £1,280 a month in benefits ever sinceCredit: PA:Press Association
"All he came back with was 'What you on about?'
"It was crazy, my head was spinning and nothing made any sense.
"I collapsed on the floor and started crying and shaking.
"I rang my mum who was in the shower and she didn't believe me - it's just been a rollercoaster."
She dropped the kids off with Sean and treated herself to a weekend away in Harrogate, dining out with £25 bottles of wine, eating off an al a carte menu and splurging £500 on a Pandora bracelet.
She bought five charms which told her life story - but said she eventually had to stop shopping because it felt so strange.
Bev, who has never married, added: "I'm not used to being able to do this.
All my money that I did get went on my children.
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There was a skip outside the property today and Bev told neighbours to help themselves as she started life as a millionaireCredit: PA:Press Association
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Neighbours said the win couldn't have happened to a better personCredit: PA:Press Association
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A neighbour guarding the property today simply said "she won't be coming back"Credit: PA:Press Association
"I used to go round in rags but now I could buy a plane. I've never spent anything on myself. It (shopping) was nice but it didn't feel right.
"I got charms for my children, for love and family and for my new wealth. One says 'sometimes you have to fall before you can fly'.
"I'm still waiting for someone to come and burst my bubble."
She rang the Department of Work and Pensions to cancel her state handouts yesterday morning and was met with stunned silence.
She said: "The woman nearly dropped the phone. I rang to tell them that my circumstances had changed. She asked me how come.
"I said I had won the EuroMillions. She said 'how lovely, congratulations'.
When I told her how much she went quiet.
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Neighbours could be scouring through a skip outside her former home todayCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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Residents made off with what they could, including heavy white goods, while Bev moved into a hotelCredit: PA:Press Association
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People helped themselves to lamps, old toys, bits of furniture, towels and suitcases as Bev began planning her new lifeCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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One man inspects a bike close to a skip near Bev's old house in Shipley, West YorkshireCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
"I thought the phone had gone dead. I said 'hello, are you still there'."
Bev said her daughter, five, and youngest son, nine, have both been diagnosed with autism while her other son, 10, is also being tested.
Her eldest son, who is 17, has already asked her if he can have £3 million - a request she said she turned down.
She is now living in a hotel and house-hunting. She is also keen to buy a holiday home, possibly in Portugal, but insists she will keep driving her Vauxhall Astra.
She said she split from the father of her three youngest children about seven months ago and laughed when it was suggested she might now be fighting off proposals.
Ms Doran won £14,509,500 on Friday night's EuroMillions draw with a lucky dip ticket.
Her numbers were 19, 25, 33, 36 and 48, with lucky stars 2 and 9.
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Two best friends Paula Barraclough, 45, and Lorraine Smith, 54, from Tyne and Wear celebrate at the Lumley Castle hotel in Chester-le-Street after scooping the £15,342,900 jackpot in last Saturday's Lotto drawCredit: PA:Press Association
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The winners, who have been friends for 17 years and refer to each other as Polly and Lolly, won the £15,342,900 on a syndicate ticketCredit: PA:Press Association
Paula Barraclough, 45, and Lorraine Smith, 54 - known to each other as Polly and Lolly - won £15,342,900 after buying the tickets with spare change.
Now the two pals say first class flights to Las Vegas is top of their shopping list - as well as a frying pan.
The pair - who have been friends for more than 17 years - have won £7.6m each but neither will give up their jobs, reports.
Lorraine said: "I literally threw my old frying pan away the day before I became a multi-millionaire so a new frying pan will definitely be one of the first things I will be buying."
The winning ticket was bought from Mccoll Newsagent on Park Lane in Sunderland.
Care home cook Ms Smith, who lost her husband six years ago, only bought the Lucky Dip ticket from a local shop as she was waiting for her bus to work, which was running late.
The mum-of-one said: "The news really is still sinking in. "I thought I was hallucinating - I just thought this cannot really be happening. "It was only when I got on the phone to Camelot I realised my best friend and I really were multi-millionaires."
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Ms Smith only bought the Lucky Dip ticket from a local shop as she was waiting for her bus to workCredit: PA:Press Association
Ms Barraclough said she learned of the win when her friend called her at 7.15am on Sunday morning.
The coffee shop worker, who lives at home with her parents, said: "I picked up the phone and said to her: 'You better be calling me to tell me we have won the lottery waking me up at this time.'
"And the voice on the other end of the phone replied: 'We have! We have all six numbers.'
"I just fell silent - I couldn't quite believe what I was hearing."
She said the win was "life-changing" and she hope to move into a house of her own.
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