05 July 2023 , 21:50
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A couple who won £32million on National Lottery have split up and are now sharing the jackpot with new partners.
Gerry and Lisa Cannings said they would stay "Mr and Mrs boring and normal" after their triumph in 2016 as they promised to not let their huge fortune "change them".
But ex-history teacher Gerry, 70, is apparently enjoying a different life with new love with Samantha Cardell, 55 - a parent at the school at which he taught before his win. Lisa, 55, is said to have found love with football-mad trucker Carl Weaver.
Lisa and Gerry, who lived together in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, amicably divorced after the lottery win but now live eight miles apart in mansions with their new spouses.
The couple won a £32.5 million rollover Lotto jackpot (PA)"The reality is Gerry and Lisa split and have both happily found new people to move on with," a friend told The Sun.
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"Everyone has tried to make out there was this dramatic split with affairs and things - but it couldn’t be further from the truth.
"Gerry isn’t known as much of a spender so it’s fantastic he’s found someone to help him enjoy all those millions he’s got in the bank."
Gerry and Sam reside in a countryside property in Lincolnshire, while Lisa is still at the £2million mansion she bought with Gerry after their 2016 jackpot, now with Carl.
Companies House show Gerry and Lisa split during lockdown in 2020 - before Lisa resigned from the limited company the family used as their investment vehicle.
A farmer in Lincolnshire, who knows Gerry, told the publication: "Everyone around here knows Gerry is the lottery winner and Samantha is his new partner. He’s a decent fella and we’re chuffed for him but a bit envious that he doesn’t need to work."
Speaking at the time of his life-changing win, Gerry, who lived in a £220,000 house, said: “We’re normal, we just do normal things and we want to carry on doing normal things. We don’t really worry about things or make a drama. You could say we’re a bit boring like that."
The dad had seen a poster advertising the rollover when he went to buy fish and chips on the evening of the draw. The couple won, chose to go public and posed for photographs at a posh hotel in Peterborough.
Gerry declined to comment when approached by The Sun this week.