Heir of £50million estate found told 'you'll need to prepare yourself for prison' as he's found guilty of GBH

Heir of £50million estate found told 'you'll need to prepare yourself for prison' as he's found guilty of GBH Jurors found Jordan Adlard Rogers guilty of GBH after they were shown footage of the heir to a 1,536-acre Cornish estate seriously injuring Sebastian Winzar in 2024 The heir to a £50 million fortune who left a man with a broken leg and needing surgery has been told to prepare for prison. Jordan Adlard Rogers left Sebastian Winzar seriously injured after he punched him during a confrontation at a wedding reception in 2024. Rogers, 38, who was found to be the heir to the £50 million Penrose Estate after a DNA test revealed genetic links to its aristocrat owner, told a court he believed he had done "the right thing at the right time" when he floored Mr Winzar at the Out of the Blue pub in Porthleven, Cornwall. But jurors disagreed with his self-defence plea, finding him guilty of grievous bodily harm after watching CCTV footage of him punching Mr Winzar. 'It was quite embarrassing on my behalf' Rogers was found guilty of GBH at Truro Crown Court on Friday, where a judge told him to "prepare yourself" for immediate custody. He had claimed he had acted in self-defence after being threatened and headbutted, but prosecutors accused him of repeatedly goading Mr Winzar into a fight before throwing a punch. Jurors were shown CCTV footage showing Rogers striking the drinker, causing him to fall to the floor of the Cornish pub. Mr Winzar told the court he had been enjoying a night out when Rogers became aggressive and was shouting and throwing his arms around. Mr Winzar said: "He kept starting on me and being aggressive towards me." Asked what happened next, he said: "Waking up in a chair with my leg broken." Defence barrister Robin Smith suggested Mr Winzar had actually been the aggressor, repeatedly approaching Adlard Rogers and behaving threateningly. He also suggested Mr Winzar had headbutted his client moments before the punch. Mr Winzar denied being aggressive and insisted Adlard Rogers had wanted to lure him outside to beat him up. A witness told the jury the pair had been arguing face-to-face and she feared violence was imminent. She said: "I just remember them squaring up to each other and I thought it could go either way." She described Mr Winzar as drunk and agitated, adding she went to fetch the landlord because she believed a fight was imminent. The court heard Mr Winzar suffered two fractures to his left leg, a swollen lip and swelling to the back of his head. He was taken to hospital, where his leg was put in plaster, before undergoing surgery on July 22. Rogers insisted Mr Winzar had repeatedly threatened him while he attended a wedding celebration. He told Mr Smith: "He kept coming up to me and point at me so bar staff had to pull him away from me. It was quite embarrassing on my behalf." He claimed Mr Winzar had threatened to knock him out and told him he knew where he lived. Explaining the punch, he said: "I remember his head came towards me. I thought he was going to take another swipe at me so I defended myself." 'I punched him once though not with much force' Rogers claimed he was shocked when Mr Winzar fell and remained near the pub until a woman reassured him the injured man was alright. Prosecutor Zoe Kuyken questioned whether he regretted his actions. Rogers replied: "At that particular time, I did the right thing at the right time." Police arrested him the following evening. In a prepared statement, Rogers admitted throwing a punch but insisted it was to protect himself. He said: "I punched him once though not with much force. The reason was to protect myself by getting him to move back away from me so he would not assault me further." However, the jury found him guilty in a unanimous verdict, after just shy of two hours of deliberation. The trial comes seven years after Adlard Rogers made headlines for his rags-to-riches story. He had spent decades trying to prove Charles Rogers, whose family had occupied the sprawling 1,536-acre estate, was his biological father. But Charles repeatedly declined to take a DNA test over the years before dying from a drug overdose aged 62 in August 2019. A test carried out after his death finally established the family connection, leaving Jordan as the sole heir after Charles' mother and brother had also died. The former community support worker gave up his job and moved into the family's historic home. The Rogers family had gifted the estate to the National Trust in 1974 in exchange for a 1,000-year lease allowing them to continue living there. An inquest later heard how Charles, despite receiving a substantial allowance from a family trust, had become so consumed by drug addiction that he was sleeping in his car rather than his farmhouse. Following his inheritance, Adlard Rogers said he wanted to use his newfound privilege to help local communities. He said in 2019: "I've been at the point of worrying about the next bill and have had a tough start in life but now I’m here I want to help people." His newfound family has held the land between Helston and Porthleven for generations. He will now be sentenced on December 11 following a probation report. Judge Simon Carr telling the defendant that all sentencing options would be available to him, including an immediate custodial sentence, and “you need to prepare yourself for that.”