Michael Lane said he went to local newsagent to check ticket because he was in denial about finding Shana Grice's body A man accused of murder has told a court he went to check a lottery ticket after finding his former girlfriend dead with her throat slashed. Michael Lane, 27, said he panicked and that it did not cross his mind to dial 999 after finding 19-year-old Shana Grice's body slumped against her bed.