Lottery winner Gillian Bayford ‘threw money’ at fraudster husband ‘who saw her as a cash machine’, insider says
LOTTERY winner Gillian Bayford “threw money” at her fraudster hubby Brian Deans who “saw her as a cash machine”, an insider has claimed.
Gillian and ex-husband Adrian, from Dundee, Scotland, raked in the whopping £148million jackpot in 2012, but in the decade since their lives fell apart.
She explained that the whirlwind around the big win cost the couple their marriage, which fell apart within two years.
She then married convicted fraudster Brian Deans after a lavish ceremony in St Andrews, Fife.
But this week The Sun newspaper exclusively revealed how she has kicked out her hubby after he squandered millions from her.
A source said: “He was throwing money about left, right and centre. They could have ended up skint.”
His sprees left Gillian fearful nothing would be left of her share of the EuroMillions jackpot.
An insider told The Sun: “Brian saw Gillian as a cash machine, nothing more.
“She kept throwing money at him to try to make the marriage work.
“She’d think nothing of giving £20,000 if he asked for it.
“But no amount was ever enough and he wanted more and more.
“She probably got out in the nick of time.”
Meanwhile Adrian was also unlucky in love following the split.
Adrian finally sold his mansion – where he was dumped four times – in 2021, making a loss.
However, the couple’s misery didn’t end their, as their son was left fighting for his life after a horror quad bike accident.
The Sun on Sunday revealed in September 2021 that 13-year-old Cameron had been hit by a car driven by his sister Amy, 15, in the ground of his dad’s lavish mansion while riding the machine.
A friend of Adrian’s said at the time: “Adrian just feels consumed with guilt.
“He allowed his son and daughter to go out around the estate on those vehicles.
“His daughter is too young to drive on a public road, but as it is a private estate she did not need a licence. The kids were on his watch as they were with him while their mum was in Scotland.
“The quad bike was bought by Adrian so he could get around the estate. It was one of the ‘boy’s toys’ he bought after his big win.”
MONSTER PRIZE
Gillian and Adrian’s £148million windfall in 2012 was one of the biggest EuroMillions jackpots at the time, with the couple celebrating by ordering Domino’s pizza.
Their monster prize came in the same month Brian was jailed for his fraud.
He had conned thousands from Tesco by putting through fake customer refunds at a Dundee store.
He and a pal were each jailed for six months.
Brian went straight and worked renovating properties.