A FOUL-mouthed lottery winner was arrested after he called police over a dispute with two women about horses.
Walter Cross, 69, flew into a rage as Kellie Cowan, 54, and her daughter Megan, 23, were moving animals from his farm.
The pair had rented land from the millionaire before a fall out saw him put a padlock on a gate.
But when he was told it had been removed he raced to the scene on his quad bike and confronted the Cowans.
He became aggressive towards Megan and shouted, 'Shut your f*****g mouth, this hasn't got anything to do with you.'
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The Cowans carried on loading their horses while Cross continued to shout and swear before he sped off and phoned police.
Cross, who scooped a share of a £20m syndicate jackpot, was arrested after the Cowans told officers they had been abused.
Cross, of Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, appeared at Lanark Sheriff Court and admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in March 2022.
He was admonished by Sheriff Adrian Cottam which means he received no punishment but the incident stays on his criminal record.
The court heard the Cowans were later ordered to pay compensation for the damaged locks.
Depute fiscal Lucy Clarke said: "Megan Cowan attended at the locus and observed a padlock on the gate and informed her mother who contacted the accused and asked him to remove the padlock so they could attend to remove their horses.
"Both later attended at the field and cut off the padlock from the gate.
"The accused was observed climbing down from his vehicle and heading towards his house but he returned on his quad bike and became aggressive towards Megan and was shouting, 'Shut your f*****g mouth, this hasn't got anything to do with you'.
"They continued loading their horses, and he continued to shout and swear for a short time before driving off.
"He then contacted police himself to report damage which had been caused and police attended and Megan and Kellie then reported the accused's conduct."
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Archie Hill, defending, said: "There had been a falling out here but the accused had allowed them to keep their horses in the field.
"Megan Cowan had attended through an unauthorised entrance where there is livestock and the accused had had a complaint from the farmer who owns the sheep.
"The Cowans would have access to the field through a normal gate but decided to cut the padlocks off this other gate to gain access and the accused believes they did this was to avoid removing a container which they had placed on the land.
"He attended and remonstrated with them and there was a bit of toing and froing and he contacted the police."
Sheriff Cottam said: "Given your age and lack of record I will simply admonish you but if this had been an ongoing issue I would have deferred sentence for you to show this was a one off but the court does not need to get further involved here."
As he left the dock, Cross stated: "I'm sorry for taking up the court's time with this matter."
A charge alleging he damaged a vehicle was dropped by prosecutors.
Cross was a member of Scotland's then biggest lottery winning syndicate that landed £20m in a double rollover draw in September 2000.
The six Robert Perrie butcher shop employees split the money and received £3.3m each.
