A football fan arrested over tweeting racist abuse to England star Marcus Rashford was once married to 'Lotto Gran' who tried to claim a £33million jackpot by saying she'd put her winning ticket in the washing machine.
Nick Scott from Powick was married to Susanne Hinte from Warndon - but the pair divorced before she became notorious for having contacted Camelot in January 2016 to claim a share of £66million.
He was quoted at the time as saying that he could claim half of the winnings, as they were still legally married. But Camelot rejected the grandmother-of-four's claim.
Sadly in 2017, Ms Hinte died following a cardiac arrest at her home in Borrowdale Drive, at the age of 49.
Her ex - Mr Scott made national headlines this week after the Worcester News ran a story on racist tweets aimed at Marcus Rashford were sent from Mr Scott's Twitter.
The offensive tweet read: "@MarcusRashford that MBE needs burning ya fake. Pack them bags and get to ya own country."
However, Mr Scott claimed he did not write the tweet - claiming he was hacked.
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He said: "I am getting loads of grief over this. I was hacked. I would never write anything like that. As soon as I woke up I deleted the tweet. I don't know who did it or why, but these things happen all the time don't they? I love football. I am a family man. I know how the sport works. I would never tweet anything like that."
West Mercia Police then arrested a 50-year-old man from Powick following the reports of an inappropriate tweet sent on Sunday, July 11. He has since been released under investigation.
Inspector Pete Nightingale, from Worcester police station, said: "We encourage people to make these reports and are pleased with the speed at which we have been able to deal with this incident.
"We continue to work with the local football community and have links with the local clubs to ensure that this behaviour is dealt with appropriately.
"We would encourage anyone who has been a victim of hate crime to get in touch with us via our online reporting function or by heading to https://www.report-it.org.uk."
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