April 28, 2017 10.46 am
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Behind bars: Lincolnshire criminals locked up in April 2017
Murderers, child sex offenders, drug smugglers… courts in Lincolnshire have this month jailed criminals for a host of serious offences. Take a look at some of the Lincolnshire offenders convicted in April: Jacob Crook Jacob Crook, 30, from Woodhall Spa, was jailed for three years after he spent four months chatting online with what he thought…
Murderers, child sex offenders, drug smugglers… courts in Lincolnshire have this month jailed criminals for a host of serious offences.
Take a look at some of the Lincolnshire offenders convicted in April:
Jacob Crook
Jacob Crook outside Lincoln Crown Court. Photo: John Aron
Jacob Crook, 30, from Woodhall Spa, was jailed for three years after he spent four months chatting online with what he thought was a 13-year-old schoolgirl requesting photographs of her and asking to take her virginity.
Mary Jane Taylor, 57, was jailed for two years after she left her husband, Alan, 58, with a “useless” left arm when she discharged two shots from the weapon at him.
Wendy Thompson, 53, was jailed for two years and three months after she pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey in London to causing death by dangerous driving and to causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Shane Oakden was jailed for three years after he groomed a 13-year-old schoolgirl using social media sites, sending her explicit photographs of himself.
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