United Kingdom, March 18 -- Sean Hughes' £4 million estate has been awarded to the homelessness charity Shelter.

Nearly a decade after the comic's death, the deal comes after a High Court ruling over the interpretation of his homemade will.

The British-born Irish comedian, who died aged 51 in 2017 from a heart attack and late-stage liver disease, left behind a portfolio of property assets including his £1.8 million north London home and two further houses valued at £1.5 million and £650,000.

Sean had expressed his intention to leave "my three houses to Shelter" in a will drafted without legal assistance using an online platform.

But ambiguity arose because only one property was held in his name, while the other two...