ANGELA Dawes intends to share her £101million jackpot with friends and family – but her teenage son isn’t expecting to see any of it.
Steven Leeman, 17, claimed yesterday that his 43-year-old mum, a British Heart Foundation volunteer, cheated on his dad and kicked them both out when he was just 12.
He added that for the past five years she has had nothing to do with him – not bothering to send cards and blanking him in the street.
So despite the pledge of EuroMillions winners Angela and her fiance Dave Dawes to make up to 20 of their loved ones millionaires, Steven does not expect to get a penny – even though he reckons his mum owes him £20,000 in maintenance payments.
Steven Leeman
Trainee joiner Steven said last night: “I haven’t spent time with my mum since 2006 – I don’t even know where she lives.
“I came back from a school trip to France and my mum kicked my dad and me out. I was 12 years old.
“She burnt all my dad’s clothes and wouldn’t give me mine. She wouldn’t even give me my CDs, DVDs and computer. Since then my dad has worked really hard to pay for us.
“I have never received a birthday, Christmas or Easter card from her since. So I’m hardly likely to see a penny of her winnings.
“As far as I’m concerned, I don’t have a mum. When she passes me in the street she ignores me. She doesn’t even nod or say, Hi.
Steven, who is studying joinery and furniture making at college, added: “I know she was cheating on my dad, but I don’t know who with.
“If my mum wanted to see me now I wouldn’t want to see her. If she sent me a letter I would read it, but I wouldn’t see her face to face. All the money she could give me now still wouldn’t change what she has done to me and my family.”
He and his father John Leeman, 44, a transport manager, have been living with his grandparents in Wisbech, Cambs, ever since Angela allegedly threw them out of their two-bedroom place at a nearby £85-a-week trailer park in 2006.
Steven claims that since his parents’ messy divorce his mum owes over £20,000 in unpaid maintenance and debts, including for two hire purchase Saabs and credit card bills, which were sent to his dad.
He said: “Hopefully we’ll get some of the money she owes – about £20,000 with the maintenance and other debt. But I want the money and then for her to leave us alone. ’’
His dad John, who was married to Angela between 1994 and 2007, said yesterday that he only found out about his ex-wife’s mega lottery win on the internet.
He insisted: “I don’t care about her money. Steven just needs the £30 a week she owes him.
“People cannot believe she dropped Steven like a hot potato. Two days [after the break up] I met her in town. She threw a bag of his clothes at me and said, ‘As far as I’m concerned you’re both dead’.
“Since that day she hasn’t seen him, spoke to him, sent a birthday card, Christmas card or anything. Hasn’t paid a penny towards him.
“It makes my blood boil when I hear she is a really good person because she does stuff for charity.
“She ran off with this bloke while I was away working. She hasn’t paid a penny in child maintenance since the day she walked out.
“I’ve been working 60-hour weeks to pay her bills. I’ve got a sofa with holes in it and she’s walking around with £100million in her pocket.”
Last night Angela Dawes said in a statement: “I’m saddened by these reports. A lot of what has been said since my divorce has been untrue and very hurtful. I’ve always wanted to be in contact with my son, who I love dearly, and very much want to rebuild our relationship.”
Earlier at a press conference in Hatfield Heath, Herts, she and Dave revealed how they were planning to spend their £101,203,600.70 fortune – Britain’s third biggest lottery win.
The couple will splash out on a big wedding and swap their one-bedroom flat for a home in London.
Dad-of-two Dave, 47, a shift supervisor for Premier Foods, said Angela has given him the go-ahead to have a Chelsea FC-themed room there.
As well as giving £1million each to around 20 friends they will donate a large chunk to charity.
Angela said: “It’s an excessive amount of money. But it’s not just us that will benefit.”
They won with only their third ever EuroMillions ticket.
Dave and Angela Dawes have won £101m in the EuroMillions lottery.
