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Edinburgh Euromillions winner Jane Park 'scared' to leave home after 'jackpot threat'

Jane Park has revealed that she was terrified to leave her home after threats were made to throw acid in her face following her Euromillions win.

An interview clip has now been released of the 27-year-old's appearance on popular US talkshow Dr Phil, in an episode titled 'The Curse of the Lottery.'

Sharing her story across the Atlantic, Jane had opened up about her personal experience with the jackpot win, which made her the UK's youngest winner at just 17 years-old.

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Chatting to the TV psychologist and the studio audience, Jane shared that what was at first a dream win quickly became something she "wouldn't wish on anyone."

Set to air on Monday evening, the Dr Phil show shared a segment of Jane's emotional interview, in which he shared she had suffered threats of acid being thrown in her face.

Jane will appear on the show on Monday night (CBS)

Speaking about the initial win, she said: “When I won I was at home with my mum, I had never played the lottery before and neither had my mum so she was like I don’t really know if that’s real.

"I was screaming that I thought I had won a million pounds and mum was telling me to calm down, she thought I was overreacting. I went to the shop and they even said it looks like you’ve won but we’re not sure, you’ll have to call Camelot, so I stuck the ticket down my top and ran home like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

“I said to my mum I need to use the landline to call the lottery and she said you’re not calling it will cost a fortune, and I said calm down I’ve got this.

“It’s choice but you’re encouraged to go public, especially when the case is different, so because I was 17 they said it’s almost unheard of, you should tell people."

Moving on from the jackpot win, Dr Phil then asked the 27-year-old about the "horrors" she said came with being given such a huge sum of money.

Jane won £1 million when she was 17-years-old (PA)

Jane continued: “The invasion of privacy, people feel like they are entitled to an opinion on me, I had a stalker, there was people hiding inside the bushes outside my house, they were threatening to through acid in my face.

"I was scared to walk out my front door. I don’t think that anyone should ever feel like that."

The full episode of Dr Phil will air on CBS at 9pm UK time on Monday, January 9.

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