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:

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Jacob Crook

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.

Read the full story here.

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David Pleasants

David Pleasants, 57, was jailed for 14 years for his role in an £80 million attempted cocaine smuggling ring.

Read the full story here.

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Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis, 50, was jailed for nine years for grooming and sexual activity with teenage boys during his time as a football coach.

Read the full story here.

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Gytis Griskevicius

Gytis Griskevicius, 32, from Boston was handed a life sentence for beating and drowning his estranged wife, Marina Erte.

Read the full story here.

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Stephen Southerby

Stephen Southerby was jailed for two and a half years after he indecently touched a teenage girl and persuaded her to perform a sex act on him.

Read the full story here.

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Mary Jane Taylor

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.

Read the full story here.

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Jake Hardy

Jake Hardy was jailed for 32 months. He caused the death of his best friend after crashing while speeding.

Read the full story here.

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Lewis Chapman

Lewis Chapman, 23, was jailed for five years after he pleaded guilty to GBH on Mablethorpe High Street on July 23, 2015.

Read the full story here.

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Wendy Thompson

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.

Read the full story here.

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Shaun Coles

Shaun Coles, 24,  was jailed for 30 months after he committed a sex offence against a 12-year-old girl.

Read the full story here.

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John Johnstone

John Johnstone, 50, was jailed for nine years for raping and abusing a child.

Read the full story here.

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Christopher Parsons

Christopher Parsons was jailed for 15 years after he was found guilty of raping a 10-year-old girl.

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Shane Oakden

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.

Read the full story here.