A serial burglar who was awarded £5.5million of taxpayers’ money in compensation after being stabbed in prison has complained his fortune ‘is nothing but a curse’ after blowing half his fortune on a drug-fuelled party lifestyle.
Career criminal Steven Wilson successfully sued the Ministry of Justice after being attacked with a nine-inch knife by a fellow prisoner and stabbed 16 times as he worked in a prison kitchen.
But rather than provide a means for him to turn his life around, instead the massive payout has simply seen Wilson – who had over 30 convictions in two decades – embark on a
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