Radio prize withdrawn by station

The station said its checks had worked well

Commercial radio station Magic FM has withdrawn a £168,600 prize after doubts emerged over the winner.

The money was won at the end of March when a caller correctly identified three mystery celebrity voices.

But a spokesman for the station said subsequent identity and voice checks meant the result was cancelled.

The money will rollover to a new competition in the autumn and the interest accumulated will be donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The spokesman added: "There will always be people who will break the rules and try to cheat but we have a robust set of measures to make sure these competitions are conducted fairly.

"We considered giving the whole prize to charity but the many thousands of callers who had taken part did so as part of a competition so we felt it was right to give them a chance to win it again."

The prize had accumulated over six months and was the largest to be offered by the London-based radio station.