Jailed £9.7m winner is fined £975

Michael Carroll was fined for motor offences on Wednesday

A £9.7m National Lottery winner, in jail for violent behaviour, has been fined as an "average earner" for a series of motoring offences.

On Wednesday, Michael Carroll, 23, was fined £975, plus £60 costs, in his absences after admitting driving without insurance and a proper licence.

Carroll, from Norfolk, was also banned from driving for three years by King's Lynn magistrates.

The court was told that the former dustman's fortune had "dwindled".

The court was told Carroll had been stopped five times in five different cars in and around King's Lynn between July and October 2005.

Fortune 'dwindled considerably'

Magistrates' chairman David Cooper-Groves said the court had no accurate figures on Carroll's current finances and would therefore treat him as an "average earner".

Carroll's solicitor, Neil Meachem, told magistrates the former dustman's fortune had "dwindled considerably" since he won a £9.7m lottery jackpot in November 2002.

In February, Carroll was jailed for nine months after a court heard how he threatened teenagers with a baseball bat.

Carroll, who has homes in Downham Market and Swaffham, Norfolk, had admitted affray - at a concert in Downham Market in May 2004 - during a previous hearing at Norwich Crown Court.

He did not appear in court on Wednesday - his address was listed as Norwich Prison - but Mr Meachem entered guilty pleas on his behalf.