Lottery winner jailed for punching wife and slapping five-year-old child
A LOTTERY winner who pocketed £70,000 which he promised to use to make 2016 a “great year for his family” has been jailed for six months after punching his wife and slapping a five-year-old in the face.
Lottery winner Balvinder Malhotra has been jailed for attacking his wife
Balvinder Malhotra, 30, has been convicted of gross bodily harm after carrying out a “sustained attack” on his wife Hardeep Kaur, 28 at their home in Hounslow, West London, after a row at a picnic.
The brutal attack, which took place in June, also saw Malhotra - an off-licence worker - smack a child in the face.
The 30-year-old wanted to turn over a new leaf with the funds
But just a few months earlier, Malhotra had posed with his wife, spraying a bottle of champagne into the air as the couple celebrated his Lottery win.
At the time, he said: "When I told my wife she burst into tears of joy. I used to have a shop but we lost this when big retailers moved in.
"This win will give me the boost I need. Looks like 2016 is going to be a great year for our little family."
After the attack in June, Malhotra used his winnings to buy a small off-licence shop in a bid to turn his life around after going bankrupt in 2011.
Uxbridge magistrates court heard he had a drinking problem and once punched his mother in the face, leaving her with a broken nose.
Malhotra has now been jailed for six months and has been ordered to pay his victims £1,000 each.
Malhotra won his money on a scratch card (not pictured)
District Judge Debbie Wright commented on photos of Ms Kaur after the attack and said she had suffered "serious injuries, adding: "This cross the custody threshold by a mile."
She said: "You've clearly got the means to pay. He had a lottery win."
Malhotra now lives with his parents and does not see Ms Kaur.
The attack comes after EuroMillions winner John Gallagher, who scooped a £1.2million win in 2013, was jailed for five years during the summer for assaulting two men with a hammer and a dog chain at his local pub.
The drifting labourer, who also had alcohol problems, described his lottery win as sparking “two years of hell”.