‘Lotto gran’ owes $12k to loan shark

SUSANNE Hinte partied for a week on borrowed cash, promising she’d soon be “stinking rich” thanks to a $67 million lottery jackpot. But the real winner has been found.

DODGY lottery ticket gran Susanne Hinte is down on her luck after her front door was egged and friends said she owes a loan shark $12,000.

The 48-year-old from Worcester, England, partied for a week on borrowed cash after trying to claim a $67 million jackpot, saying she would soon be “stinking rich”.

But now the real winner of the January 9 Lotto fortune has been found.

One pal said: “Sue is panicking now. She has told mates she is convinced police will question her over allegations she tried to defraud the lottery. The other big problem is with a loan shark she borrowed £2000 [$4000] off.

“The interest was 300 per cent but she told him she’d soon be a stinking rich multi-millionaire.”

The friend added that Ms Hinte — who The Sun revealed faces a fraud probe after claiming she ruined the winning ticket in the wash — had been “holed up partying” in her house with booze and food being passed over her back fence.

The divorcee’s door was egged by local mechanic Steve Allen, 45, who said: “She’s a horrible person.”

Friends are worried the grandmother could face fraud charges. Picture: Supplied

Hundreds had come forward claiming to have won the unclaimed half of a record £66m prize, but the rightful winner — who bought the ticket in Worcester — has chosen to remain anonymous, UK lotto operator Camelot revealed.

Ms Hinte claimed she had put the winning ticket through the washing machine. The six winning numbers were still visible, but the barcode, date and serial number were all missing.

Lottery bosses warned that anybody who maliciously attempted to claim they had won could face fraud charges, the Daily Mail reported.

The offence of fraud by misrepresentation carries a maximum penalty of ten years in jail.

“We can’t comment on any individual claims, but with a draw of this size a lot of people who might claim might genuinely think they have misplaced their ticket,” a spokesman for Camelot said.

Ms Hinte, who lives less than two kilometres from the Ambleside News agency where the golden ticket was sold, was inundated with letters from strangers asking for a slice of the huge jackpot — despite the fact she had not received a penny.

The 48-year-old was inundated with letters from strangers asking for a slice of her winnings. Picture: Supplied

It has also emerged that the “money-mad” Ms Hinte sent a string of saucy selfies to a lorry driver — then begged him for cash.

The trucker, who did not want to be named, revealed he first contacted “Sanne from Worcester” in November.

She pinged him topless snaps soon after getting in contact on an internet dating site. They enjoyed a drink and a “snog” but things turned ugly when he refused to be her “cash cow”.

The 41-year-old recalled: “It wasn’t long at all before she was sending me photos of herself which left little to the imagination.

“I thought she looked attractive and we met for a drink and a pub meal. I fancied her. We had a snog and planned to meet again.”

But he said German-born Susanne’s attitude then changed.

The single driver, from Burton-on-Trent, Staffs, said: “She was forever saying she was skint.

“She said she was flying back to Germany but needed £80 to get a coach to the airport. I was a bit smitten and agreed to transfer it.

“But in no time she was needing a phone and could I send another £80? This was a woman I met for about an hour.”