Lottery winner Jane Park's ex shot dead during Hogmanay celebrations
Lottery winner Jane Park's recent ex-boyfriend Marc Webley has been shot dead during Hogmanay celebrations.
Gangland figure Webley is thought to have been gunned down in an attack outside the Anchor Inn on Granton Road, Edinburgh just before midnight. Armed police raced to the scene while paramedics tried to save the 36 year old.
One witness said: "People were screaming and all hell let loose. There's rumours four people are involved but Marc is dead. He had more enemies than Putin." Locals reported hearing gunshots around the time of the incident. With one telling Edinburgh Live: "I thought it was fireworks at first then saw all the blue lights, ambulances and armed police. It was bedlam just before the bells."
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Road closures are in place on Granton Road and Granton Crescent following an incident which was reported to police around 11.50pm on Sunday, December 31. Officers are at the scene and closures will remain in place while enquiries continue to establish the full circumstances."
Marc Webley
Jane on This Morning in 2017 (S Meddle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Mr Webley was a well-known figure and was cleared of two attempted murders last year at the high court in Scotland. He denied claims he repeatedly slammed his car into another vehicle which was carrying driver Richard Hughes and passenger Lyndsay McLaughlin.
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He had previously been jailed for 11 years after shooting a drugs gang rival, and was linked to Euromillions winner Jane who made history after scooping the jackpot at the age of 17.
The Anchor Inn in EdinburghIn 2006 Webley, then 19, was convicted of attempted murder alongside James Tant after they targeted gangland rival Peter Simpson. The victim was shot in the back near his home in the Granton area of Edinburgh in January 2005. Five bullets were fired but only one hit Simpson.
According to the Daily Record Webley had told close pals he was expecting an attack and had been carrying weapons wherever he went. His older brother Don posted a picture of Marc on social media and followers rushed to offer their condolences.
Jane was 17 when she won £1m (PA)Jane left a single love heart as a tribute on the photograph. She is said to have called time on their relationship just three weeks ago. She shared image of the love-up pair before their split including one of them in a clinch. At the beginning of December she said: “There’s nothing worse than being single on a Sunday.”
star Jane had looked smitten in previously posted pictures on of the pair embracing in a bar with a nod to the Lion King soundtrack as she captioned one, "can you feel the love tonight?" The pair were seen a day later at Edinburgh's Urban Bar and Grill in the Village Hotel.
She later shared a post from another influencer which said, "if it makes you happy f***ing go for it". “People are gonna talk about you regardless because if they talked about themselves, no one would listen,” they said.
Jane landed the windfall in 2013 and went on to launch an OnlyFans page, claiming to have made more than £25,000 selling topless snaps. She has previously revealed how she spent a chunk of her lottery winnings on holidays, cars, designer clothes and a new three-bedroom home, but claimed the novelty soon wore off and left her feeling "bored".
Jane spoke about the downsides of her win (Sunday Mail)Earlier this year she told a US talkshow she wished she had never won the money. Speaking of the abuse she received with Psychologist Dr Phil McGraw, she said: "I wish I'd never won it, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. At 17, you aren't even a proper adult, you know what I mean, I was such a young naïve 17-year-old as well."
In January 2023, Jade spoke out about almost dying after using some of her winnings to get cosmetic surgery. She appeared on popular US talk show host Dr Phil and revealed she got sepsis after using the money to get a Brazilian Bum Lift. In the episode, titled 'The Curse of the Lottery', Jane, from Edinburgh, talked about the downsides of her huge prize.
Jane Park speaking to Dr Phil (Dr Phil)"The money made it a lot easier for me to decide, 'Well, I hate this about my body so I'm going to change it'," she said. "I had a procedure done in a different country and when I flew back I ended up with sepsis which is like blood poisoning. I nearly died. I was in the hospital for a month... I had to stay there for a while."
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She also told Dr Phil that she doesn't regret any of the money she spent, but regrets how public she went with the winnings. Before her jackpot win, Jane worked as an office assistant and lived in a council flat with her mum.
The winning ticket was the first lottery numbers she had ever bought.
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