December 11, 2017 10.19 am This story is over 75 months old

‘He was loved by everyone’: Family tribute to Gareth Bailey who died in Ingoldmells ‘murder’

A man has been charged with murder.

The family of Gareth Bailey who died in what police are treating as a murder in Ingoldmells have paid tribute to a “wonderful, go happy man”.

Officers were called to a property on Chapman Court just before 2.30am on the morning of Wednesday, December 6, after reports of a man seriously injured.

Gareth, 29, was pronounced dead a short time later.

Forensics entering the property on Chapman Court in Ingoldmells. Photo: Guy Owen for Lincolnshire Reporter

Steven Feeley, 39, of Winthorpe, Skegness, was charged with murder and appeared in court last week.

A woman in her 20s has been released from police custody but remains under investigation while police look into the circumstances of the incident.

Gareth’s family, in paying tribute to him, said: “His heart was always in the right place, he was loved by everyone who knew him and lived everyday to its fullest.

“He lived for his three children, cherished his brother James, his beautiful sister Rachael and did anything for his mum and dad.

“We are going to miss you and love you very dearly, rest in peace son forever in our hearts.”