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Behind bars: Lincolnshire criminals locked up in June

The highest sentence given was 24 years

A man who carried out a campaign of sexual abuse against children, drug gangs, and a man who savagely attacked his disabled mother were among those jailed in June.

Here’s a summary of notable court reports from last month:


Michael Brian Hayes

Michael Brian Hayes, 65, was convicted of 18 sexual offences. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

Michael Brian Hayes, 65, from Stamford, was jailed for 24 years after carrying out a campaign of sexual abuse against three children.

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Matthew Beattie

Matthew Beattie was jailed for 16 years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

Matthew Beattie, 47, of Main Road, Langworth, who filmed himself raping and sexually abusing a young girl, was jailed for 16 years.

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Jamie Simpson & Jamie Oldroyd

Jamie Oldroyd and Jamie Simpson.

Two organised gangs who flooded Scunthorpe’s streets with cocaine have been jailed after a dramatic arrest. Jamie Oldroyd, 29, and Jamie Simpson, 31, were sentenced to 14 years and three months and 11 years and six months respectively.

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Lewis Creasey

Lewis Creasey.

Lewis Creasey, 25, of Falcon Way in Bourne, was jailed for 20 months after carrying out a savage attack on his disabled mother, leaving her bloodied and in fear for her life.

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William Carr

William Carr was jailed for eight years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

William Carr, 53, from Spalding, was jailed for eight years after being found guilty of sexual offences against young girls.

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Edward Parker

Edward Parker was jailed for 12 years. Photo: Cambridgeshire Police

Edward Parker, 33, was jailed for 12 years after crimes including ramming two police cars in Lincolnshire and stealing items worth more than £160,000 in several other areas of the country.

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Corey Graley

Corey Graley has been jailed. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

Corey Graley, 47, of Wigman Road, Bilborough in Nottingham, who was part of a three-man masked gang that staged a terrifying raid on a supermarket, was jailed for eight and a half years.

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Ashton Dellamonica

Ashton Dellamonica was jailed for a total of seven years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

Ashton Dellamonica, 27, of Porchester Close in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, was jailed for a total of seven years after an armed raid on a Lincolnshire village post office.

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John Vallance

John Vallance was jailed for three years and three months. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

A Grantham man who was active in the church and described as ‘kind’ has been convicted of sexually touching three vulnerable women. John Vallance, 68, of Brewery Hill, Grantham, was jailed for three years and three months.

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Lee Grayson was jailed for five years and three months. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

Lee Grayson, 27, of King’s Court in Mablethorpe, was jailed for five years and three months for staging a hold-up at a shop just days after robbing a taxi driver of her takings.

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Paul Webster

Paul Webster.

Paul Webster, 39, of Gibbeson Street in Lincoln was jailed for three years after importing illegal weapons from China.

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Ben Sherwood

Ben Sherwood. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

A drug user kept illegal stun guns and a pepper spray in his home to protect himself and his family. Ben Sherwood, 33, of Browning Drive in Lincoln, was jailed for two years

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Reece Howard & Sarah Lake

Reece Howard and Sarah Lake have both been jailed. Photo: Lincolnshire Police

A couple who carried out a series of burglaries were arrested after police raided their home and discovered a stash of stolen goods. Reece Howard was jailed for 40 months and Sarah Lake for 31 months.

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Wilster Mafoti

Mafoti tried to run.

Wilster Mafoti, 20, of Halifax Road, Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire, was jailed for 40 months after being caught with heroin and cocaine when he was stopped by police arriving at Lincoln railway station.

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