The father of Dean Allen, the 13.8m jackpot-winning former Glentex Litho machine minder, has refuted claims that his son's good luck added to the firm's demise.


Barry Allen contradicted last week's claims by a Glentex source that there had been an en masse resignation following Dean Allen's National Lottery win. He said his son had learned of his redundancy, as did other members of staff, before checking the lottery numbers on his WAP phone.



Allen said that Dean, who was worried by the prospect of losing his job, called him and said: "I've got some good and bad news. We're both out of work. But I've just won 13.8m on the lottery."



Allen added that workers had been concerned about the future of Glentex for some time, despite being assured by director David Robins that the firm's future was safe.



Dean Allen has considered investing some of his lottery win in his own printing venture, although it was too early to tell if this would come to fruition.



Javelin Colour Printers in London E9 has taken on several former Glentex staff including Darren Collins who was a Glentex director up until his disqualification as a director in August 1999. Collins is employed by Javelin as a salesman. Former Glentex sales director Graham Skeates is also employed by the firm.



Javelin's joint managing director Dennis Keeling said that the two companies were not linked.



Story by John Davies.