Now Red or Black liar could lose his £1m prize money: He told TV bosses he beat up a man... but real victim was his lover

By SIMON CABLE

Celebrating: Nathan Hageman, with his current girlfriend Jane Makepeace. Court documents have shown that he attacked a former partner - but lied to show bosses and said it was a man

The thug who became the first winner on Simon Cowell’s high-profile new ITV game show could lose his £1million prize money after it emerged he lied about his criminal past.

Nathan Hageman, who won the first Red or Black programme on Saturday, had claimed he was jailed over a fight with a man.

But court documents yesterday revealed he was in fact convicted for an attack on a young woman – believed to be his former girlfriend.


Attack: Amy Edwards was assaulted by gameshow winner Mr Hageman, court records show


ITV bosses last night launched an investigation into the affair, raising the possibility that the winner could be stripped of his seven-figure fortune if it is deemed he breached his contract by lying to executives.

After his win, Mr Hageman – who had been working as a bricklayer following his release from prison – was forced to admit publicly he had been given a five-year prison sentence after apparently breaking into a man’s home and assaulting him.


Winner: Hageman met with the show's creator Simon Cowell after his win on Saturday night - where he correctly predicted red on the spin of a giant roulette wheel


However, information from Reading Crown Court shows the victim of Mr Hageman’s attack was 30-year-old Amy Edwards, who is thought to be his former girlfriend.

On Sunday afternoon, ITV bosses stood by their decision to allow the bricklayer to appear on the show, claiming they knew about his criminal past and had conducted ‘background checks’.

‘On December 8, 2006, he received a sentence of five years imprisonment for aggravated burglary and two years imprisonment for the assault occasioning actual bodily harm to run concurrently. The victim of the assault occasioning actual bodily harm named in the indictment was Amy Edwards.’


Pressure: Nathan Hageman reacts after he wins the £1m, alongside his girlfriend and the show's presenters And and Dec

Almost eight million viewers watched Mr Hageman, who is now with girlfriend Jane Makepeace, 29, win the ITV show after he correctly predicted red on the spin of a giant roulette wheel.

source: dailymail