A lottery winner who received £148 million has finally kicked out her lazy husband after he ‘used her as a cash machine’ and wasted a fortune.
Gillian Bayford married convicted fraudster Brian Deans five years ago after initially winning a Euromillions jackpot in 2012, but has since left her husband after he ‘spent money freely’ on expensive cars, watches, and trips with friends.
The 51-year-old reportedly gave her husband a generous monthly allowance, but he kept spending it and asking for more until she eventually kicked him out of her home in Scotland.
A source told the Sun: ‘Brian saw Gillian as a cash machine, nothing more. She kept giving him money to try to make the marriage work.
‘She’d think nothing of giving £20,000 if he asked for it but no amount was ever enough and he wanted more and more.
‘She probably got out in the nick of time. If they had kept going the way they were they could have ended up skint.’
Deans was previously jailed in 2012 for defrauding Tesco out of £13,500 with fake customer receipts- on the same week Gillian won her life-changing jackpot alongside her previous husband Adrian.
He was said to have been living in a rundown Dundee flat at the time that they met, but later moved into her mansion and became accustomed to living a luxurious lifestyle, spending his money on holidays and expensive trips and making his spending known.
Eventually, ‘besotted’ Gillian found herself paying more and more money to cover his expensive tastes.
‘It’s probably hard for outsiders to understand what happened but Gillian was head over heels in love,’ claimed the source.
‘She believed everything Brian told her.
‘All she wanted was for him to be happy and she never questioned him.
‘If he wanted money, he got it.
‘Handing over £50,000 wasn’t a big deal for her.
‘All she wanted was for her family to stay together, from what I saw.’
After finally being kicked to the curb, Deans is now reportedly running a pub in Auchterarder after being thought to have already spent everything he had from Gillian, and insists that he dumped her.
The couple also has a young daughter together, Emile, who was born during lockdown.
Speaking of her new baby Emilie, Gillian, who now runs a property firm in Dundee, told The Sun: ‘As far as she is concerned I’m not a lottery winner, I’m just Mum.
‘Some things are easier because of the money but it doesn’t really change anything. You still have to change a nappy or deal with her being sick on you regardless of how much you’re worth.’
She added: ‘She’s not dressed in designer clothes. She’s not got anything different to her brother and sister.’
'They all need to understand the importance of money.'
Last year, Gillian mentioned that she no longer communicates with her family members even though she gave them £20 million and 'rescued them from all their debts.'
She stated that although the money was 'supposed to bring happiness to everyone', it ended up causing division and making everyone 'demanding and greedy.'
Her father allegedly attempted to take control of her fortune, while her brother got married without informing her, despite residing in a house she funded.
'They have become disconnected from their roots,' Gillian informed The Mirror. 'They're flaunting their wealth, which I find very unpleasant and disrespectful.'
'I can hold my head high knowing that I've lifted them out of a tough situation. They tarnished our family name in the village and we had people threatening to set our family home on fire.'
'My dad and brother established multiple companies and then shut them down. I've rescued them from every debt.'
After marrying Deans, Gillian had him sign a pre-nuptial agreement to ensure that he wouldn't have a claim to any of her money in case of a divorce.
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