Trouble brewed after after Sandra Fowler-McAllister scooped £10,000 in her local Gala bingo club when her lifelong friend Muriel Harrison claimed they had a verbal agreement to split any winnings 50/50.
Muriel stated “Sandra said to me, ‘I don’t feel I can give you half.’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ and she said, ‘As you know, I need the money more than you – you have got your own property’.”
At Nottigham county court Sandra, 63, said that she had offered Muriel, 83, a 20% share and also said “We never had any agreement if we won a large sum of money or if we would share. A share in her mind was 50% but we never made any agreement.”
Judge Reeson said whilst dismissing Muriels claim “Both parties have to be in agreement what the agreement is.”
Muriel has stated that she plans to appeal the judgement.
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