A Canadian woman is taking her nephew to court over a CA $1.2 million (£690,000) lottery jackpot win, announcing “Tyrone is getting nothing from me” as the pair were presented with the over-sized cheque.

Barbara Reddick, from Guysborough in Nova Scotia, arrived for the presentation ceremony on Thursday afternoon to find, to her surprise, her nephew Tyrone MacInnis there too.

Mrs Reddick said she sat the 19-year-old down in her car in the car park, and asked him to tell what she says is the truth – that she never promised to split her winnings with him.

He refused, and entered the ceremony with her – noting that both their names were on the ticket.

“I’m taking him to court. It was my ticket,” she shouted. “Now he’s trying to lie and say I said split.”

Mrs Reddick claims she sent Mr MacInnis $100 via email transfer to buy her tickets for the Chase the Ace draw, a fundraiser for two volunteer fire departments in Margaree.