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November 10, 2023 4.34 pm This story is over 17 months old

Colette Law, 26, from Greenock | Photo: Lincolnshire Police

A man charged with murdering a woman who was found dead in a Spalding churchyard has today (Fri) appeared at Lincoln Crown Court.

The body of Colette Law, 26, from Greenock, Scotland, was found in a tent pitched outside St Mary and St Nicholas’s Church, in Spalding, on 17 July.

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November 10, 2023 2.26 pm This story is over 17 months old

Samuel Church (right) is charged with the murder of Vincent Markham (left). | Photo: Lincolnshire Police

A Spalding man will be sentenced for the murder of Vincent Markham (pictured left) after an application to vacate his guilty plea was refused by a judge.

Samuel Church, 36, (pictured right) faces a sentence of life imprisonment after he previously admitted the murder of Mr Markham and setting a fire which destroyed his home.

Read the full court report on MyLocal Lincolnshire, the new home of The Lincolnite

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