A RETIRED teacher has gained legal permission to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won £7 million (€8.8m) on the national lottery in Britain.

THOUSANDS of sex abuse victims may be able to sue their attackers years after the offences following a Law Lords ruling involving Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare.

A victim of Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare today lost her appeal against a ruling that she cannot sue him for compensation.