May 31, 2017 3.31 pm
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Behind bars: Lincolnshire criminals locked up in May 2017
Dangerous drivers, child sex offenders, armed robbers… 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 May: Scott Cooper Scott Cooper was jailed for 15 months after he shopped himself to police when he became angry in Gainsborough town centre…
Faith Espin has been jailed for three years. Photo: Steve Daniels
Faith Espin, a mother of two, was jailed for three years and banned from driving for six-and-a-half years after she caused two crashes within three weeks while drink driving.
Stephen Lee Mitchell, 39 and Kevin Montgomery, 48, were jailed for a total of 25 years for grievous bodily harm and aggravated burglary following an incident on October 23 in Skegness in which a man in his 50s had his face slashed with a knife and was tied up and robbed in his own home.
Roy Hayes has been jailed for more than four years
Roy Hayes was jailed for four years and eight months after he committed sex offences against teenage girls over Skype, persuading them to strip and perform sexual acts as he watched.
Jamie Toyne was jailed for 16 months after he put his ex-girlfriend through a three-hour ordeal at the Travelodge hotel leaving her so frightened that she was physically sick. Read the full story here.
James Webster
James Webster, who has been jailed for five years and eight months
James Webster was jailed for five years and eight months after he carried out a serious of burglaries in Gainsborough and the nearby village of Morton earlier this year.
Scott Overton was jailed for a total of nine years and seven months for a series of offences including robbery and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Benjamin Priest has been jailed. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Benjamin Priest was jailed for 15 months after he tried to blackmail a married teacher after discovering he had shared explicit photos and sex chat with another woman.
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