Lotto grandmother who falsely claimed to have £33m winning ticket is found dead
A grandmother who tried to claim a £33 million Lotto jackpot by alleging she had put the ticket in the washing machine has died.
Susanne Hinte, 49, is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest at her home on Monday afternoon.
Last year, the grandmother of four, known to friends as Sanne, contacted Camelot after claiming she found the winning ticket in her jeans and it had been damaged when it went through the wash.
She alleged she had won half the £66 million jackpot from the January 9 draw in 2016 after it was revealed the winning ticket was bought in her home town of Worcester.
I wanted to be dead. I couldn't understand why all of a sudden I was hated by so many people
Susanne Hinte in an interview last year
But when Ms Hinte sent them the crumpled ticket, investigators from the security team determined the ticket was not correct.
Neighbours told how police and an ambulance crew arrived at her £175,000 semi-detached home on Monday afternoon. However, medics were unable to save her.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We can confirm that we were called to reports of a woman in cardiac arrest at a property in Worcester, at 5.35pm yesterday. An ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene.
"Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent on arrival at the scene that nothing could be done to save the patient and she was confirmed deceased."
Police also attended the property and confirmed the death is not being treated as suspicious.
AWest Mercia Police spokesman said: "Police were called by the ambulance service to an address in Worcester at 5.40pm yesterday.
"A woman, aged 49, was declared dead at the scene. Her death is not being treated as suspicious and has been referred to the coroner. Her next of kin are aware."
Ms Hinte provoked a storm of criticism over her Lotto claim and later said she regretted the incident and felt suicidal.
In an interview last year, she said: "I wanted to be dead. I couldn't understand why all of a sudden I was hated by so many people. I didn't do anything wrong."
