 A neighbour said: 'Smoke was billowing all over the place. The firefighters stopped it spreading. If it was arson, it is disgraceful they were put at risk.' Putman claimed a £2.5million jackpot win in 2009 after conspiring with Lottery employee Giles Knibbs. Putnam's rapist past emerged when he appeared in court in 2012 for claiming benefit. The Lotto con began to unravel after the 2015 suicide of Knibbs, 38, who had told pals of the scam. Putman was convicted in 2019 of fraud and jailed for nine years. Convicted rapist behind £2.5m lottery scam facing six more years in prison Curse of lottery winners who have suffered after winning life-changing sums){kind=link}
Police are investigating a blaze at a £700,000 house in Kings Langley, Herts, which is owned by lotto conman Edward Putman, 57, to find out whether it was started deliberately on October 17
A blaze at a house owned by jailed National Lottery rapist Edward Putman is being investigated as possible arson.
The £700,000 home was wrecked by fire at a time when the courts are trying to recover £1million of stolen Camelot cash.
Ex-brickie Putman, 57, was convicted of rape before he used a fake ticket to secure a bogus Lotto win.
A source said: “He has little or nothing to barter with now the house has gone up in flames. His new sentence is about to be triggered because he hasn’t paid the proceeds of crime.”