A man who placed a £500 bet on Marine Le Pen to be elected French President has blamed his 13 year old son in a desperate bid to get his money back.

Colin Johnson, who’s Twitter handle is @wollygogg and describes himself as the “bad boy of BREXIT”, sent a message of complaint to Ladbrokes after news broke of Le Pen’s crushing defeat.

@Ladbrokes my 13 yr old son has been using my account. Who do I speak to, customer services??under 18 gambling is illegal — Colin Johnson (@Wollygogg) May 7, 2017

He escalated his campaign this morning by contacting other bookmakers in a bid to try and shame Ladbrokes into refunding him:

@paddypower what is your policy on children gambling? I am surprised by how slow @Ladbrokes responds. My 13 year old was able to place bets — Colin Johnson (@Wollygogg) May 7, 2017

He raised the stakes further by contacting the Britain’s biggest responsible gambling charity:

@BeGambleAware can I report @Ladbrokes for letting a child gamble? I have evidence I can send — Colin Johnson (@Wollygogg) May 7, 2017

And in a final role of the dice he took his complaint to the press, contacting researchers for Jeremy Vine’s BBC radio programme:

@theJeremyVine Jeremy I want to speak to your researchers about gambling websites taking bets from children and refusing to refund — Colin Johnson (@Wollygogg) May 8, 2017

@RobJoyce156 @theJeremyVine do you work for Jeremy? Can we speak on phone? — Colin Johnson (@Wollygogg) May 8, 2017

@RobJoyce156 @theJeremyVine my 13 year old son went on ladbrokes. My account was logged in and he put 500 on Le pen (thinking it was a joke) — Colin Johnson (@Wollygogg) May 8, 2017

Sadly for Colin, that’s where his luck ran out. Rather than taking-up his fabricated complaint, the show unearthed evidence he had placed the bet himself and exposed his shameless story.

Jeremy Vine posted a tweet (that Colin has since deleted) to broadcaster Andrew Neil in which he says: “She (Le Pen) has done it. I am sure of it. I have £500 on her.”

A few hours before he had also shared a Daily Express article about a flurry of bets on a shock Le Pen victory:

Money floods in for Marine Le Pen shock win https://t.co/hcdZnSQWab — David Jones (@DavidJo52951945) May 7, 2017

And when another Twitter user pointed out the fascist wasn’t a sure bet, he told them to “have your tissues ready”:

@JonnieMarbLes I hope you have your tissues ready. Liberal tears are on their way in 2 hours — Colin Johnson (@Wollygogg) May 7, 2017

It’s one thing to support a fascist, it’s another thing to blame it on your kids…