Car mechanic named £108m Euromillions lottery winner

London: A Car mechanic has been revealed as the mystery winner of last week’s £108 million (Dh659 million) EuroMillions jackpot.

Neil Trotter, 41, of Coulsdon, south London, who runs a repair garage in Mitcham called Chameleon Coachworks, scooped the jackpot on Friday, the BBC reported.

He was so confident he would win he told staff at his father’s office on Friday lunchtime, “this time tomorrow” he would be a multi-millionaire.

His lucky ticket made him the National Lottery’s fourth biggest winner.

He is the first Euromillions jackpot winner from the UK this year.

Winning the lottery makes Trotter the 745th wealthiest person in the UK.

It also means he is worth more than celebrities such as George Michael and Robbie Williams (who both have £105 million) and David Bowie (£100 million), according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.

Before Trotter’s name was announced, Coulsdon was abuzz with speculation about the identity of the winner on Monday night.

One local mechanic said: “I wish it was me. We’re all desperate to know who it is - that’s a life-changing amount of money.”

Peter Davy, steward at the Victoria working men’s club in Coulsdon, said: “We’re calling every mechanic we know. We’re desperate to know who it is. If he’s got any sense, he’ll be long gone, booking a flight to the Bahamas by now.”

Trotter used numbers 6, 24, 25, 27 and 30 and lucky stars 5 and 9.

All he has to do now is decide how to spend his new-found wealth. It would enable him to buy the 1,100-acre Greek island of Omfori, which is on the market for just over £41 million, as well as a Lamborghini Veneno, one of the world’s most expensive cars at £2.4million — and still have £64 million left over.

However, if he wants to blow nearly all his money in one go, he could buy one of the world’s most exclusive homes — a 21-bedroom house in London’s Mayfair, which would set him back £90million.

He joins an elite club of British Lottery winners who have each banked more than £100million.

Top of the rich list are Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Ayrshire, who won £161million on EuroMillions in July 2011.

But winning more than £148million in August 2012 created difficulties for Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Haverhill in Suffolk. They split up months later.

The third biggest British winner scooped £113 million in October 2010, but decided not to go public.