I (36m) tell everyone I won the lottery. Truth is I was arrested for drug dealing, had a heart attack during my arrest, the police ignored it and I was given a big compensation package but was kind of set up as a grass

I did well at school, all As in my GCSEs and A Levels and went to uni to become a teacher but I I gave up after a year as I didn’t fancy being a teacher anymore. I became a personal trainer and was doing well but then In 2019 me and wife who I had been with since j was 15 split up. Then Covid hit and as I was self employed and had no savings left after the divorce and bills everywhere I needed to do something. My friends were all a bit naughty and involved in bits and pieces and I ended up driving for one of them. Drive to Liverpool and back once a week and he’ll give me a grand then I started doing other driving and was earning around 2 grand a week for what amounted to do about ten hours work. For nearly a year things were going well. Then one night we all got scooped up. I won’t go too deep in to my arrest but I was put in a position that starved me off oxygen despite them admitting I offered no resistance and complied with all demands. Due to the oxygen deprivation I suffered a heart attack. I tried telling them and they didn’t believe me and I passed out and was left there. I came round in hospital and after a few scans and tests it shown my heart was damaged quite badly from the heart attack. I started a compensation claim. While this was going on we were all bailed. Then when we all had to answer our bail I was informed that the case against me would go no further due to lack of evidence. My lawyer said as I was never seen actually touching any drugs, I wasn’t caught with any, when they raided my house they found no drugs and only a few thousand in cash which I could explain, and all they had me doing was basically driving to my mates yard and chatting with him they deemed it not worthwhile. That made sense to me but it didn’t to the others and then two of them got arrested again on other charges and were now held on remand everyone became suspicious of me. Just under a year later they were all sent down for between 2 and 8 years. I was the only one arrested who wasn’t and then about a year after that I was given my compensation. I was receiving threats and people were talking. I gave half the compensation to my ex wife so she could move away with our son and I moved away too. Not far we only moved about 15 miles away each but it was enough. Since then I don’t have any socials or anything and I’m living in our paranoia to the point my sister and my nieces have moved in with me to keep an eye on me. I’m always worried someone’s coming for me plus I’m always worried I’m about to have a heart attack and I’m going to die. I got told I probably won’t make it past 50 and I have scans every six months and nearly every time there’s a little bit more damage. I’m on blood thinners to stop the blood that pools in my heart from clotting. I’m on beta blockers to keep my heart beat low and not stress it. I can’t really train anymore but I do run and cycle a lot. Had to give up boxing and football. My ex bought a house and then invested her money in a salon and is doing well. Me and my brother bought a couple of properties and did them up and sold them and made some money and we set up our property development firm although him and his guys do most of the work as I’m pretty useless. I did complete a sports coaching course though which is what I always wanted to do and now I go round schools doing sports classes and I also run a girls boxing club which I love doing. Seeing them go from being scared to punch a bag to throwing combos is great and there’s one girl I’m convinced can go on to be a champion. She’s 12 and even with my body protector on she’s winded me a couple of times. If she uppercutted a horse she’d turn it in to a giraffe. I wanted to say this because there’s a great woman I lied to and I’ve hurt. If you are reading this “Stacey Dooley” you know who you are lol. She’s an amazing woman who is stronger than I could ever be. We still chat but not like we used to. I miss you x