Lotto dream comes true

Lotto dream comes true

Lesley Learad and Michael Turner

A Devon couple have won more than £3m on Lotto.

Michael Turner and Lesley Learad, from Torquay, have already resigned from their jobs at a manufacturing plant and a pharmacy.

Mr Turner was visiting his sick mother in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, when he bought the ticket.

He abandoned a shopping trip to Doncaster when he could not find a parking space and instead drove back to Barnsley and spent his last £2 on lucky dip tickets.

The couple saw their numbers come up while they were watching television in a local pub.

Mr Turner said: "The suspense was unbelievable. We ran to my niece's home where we were staying and we didn't even say hello - we were just desperate to check the numbers on Teletext.

"There was so much going through my mind at that time. I just held the ticket in my hand and ran."

Wedding date

He added: "Overnight we've gone from nothing to everything we always dreamed of."

The interest from the £3,089,944 jackpot they have won amounts to about £1,800 a week.

The couple live in a rented council house with Ms Learad's 12-year-old son Sam and 13-year-old daughter Emma. They have been engaged for several years, but have not yet set a wedding date.

"I might marry him now for his money," said Ms Learad, 40.

Decisions about how to spend the jackpot have yet to be made - but 44-year-old Mr Turner said he was planning to buy a Subaru Impreza rally car, so he can put the dog in the back and go for a walk.

He has not stopped playing Lotto either, and has even won another tenner since becoming a millionaire.