Victim Sues <\/strong><\/h2>\nShirley Woodman, Hoare\u2019s final victim, brought civil proceedings against her attacker. But the case was dismissed because of the statute of limitations. Woodman had neglected to sue Hoare earlier because he was penniless. Instead, she had claimed \u00a35,000 (US$5,680) from the government\u2019s victim compensation scheme.<\/p>\n
But the House of Lords overturned the decision in 2008, and Woodman, who waived her right to anonymity, received \u00a350,000 (US$57,000) in compensation. Hoare was required to pay legal costs of around \u00a3800,000 (US$909,000).<\/strong><\/p>\nIn court, Hoare described himself as \u201cBritain\u2019s most hated millionaire,\u201d adding that he had received death threats.<\/p>\n
The case paved the way for hundreds of victims of historical abuse to come forward to seek justice.<\/p>\n
Charity Plea <\/strong><\/h2>\nWoodman, who died last year at age 92, was honored by the Queen in 2012 for her services to victims. She donated the money received from Hoare to charitable causes.<\/p>\n
Her daughter, Shelley Wolfson, told her local newspaper,\u00a0The Telegraph and Argus,<\/em> that Hoare should do the same.<\/p>\n“Perhaps all the interest that he will have earned could be donated to charity,” she said. “He could distribute one or two million pounds to charity. I’d be happy to meet up with him to help him with that,\u201d she said. \u201cIt’s a start. He’s 70. He can’t spend all that money. He can’t live a frivolous life because of what he’s done.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A serial sex offender who won the UK lottery in 2004 while serving a prison sentence has finally gotten his hands on the full \u00a37.2 million (US$9 million) jackpot. Iorworth Hoare, 70, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1989 for a string of sex attacks in Leeds, England. He ultimately served 16 years. But a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":269798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,13699],"tags":[85939,85940],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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