A man who killed a holidaymaker with a stab wound to the heart was on Friday jailed for ten years.

Gareth Hart, 43, from Barnsley, was on holiday with his family in Ingoldmells, near Skegness, when he was fatally stabbed outside a takeaway by Joseph Malek. Malek, 33, from Derbyshire, had denied murdering Mr Hart on 6 April this year, telling jurors he lashed out with a lawfully held pen knife after being punched.

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A man who admitted growing cannabis at a house in Stamford has been spared an immediate jail sentence.

Samuel Hudson, 27, pleaded guilty to producing the class B drug, possession of it with intent to supply and supplying it. The charges related to dates between August 27, 2020 and May 25, 2021 when Hudson was living at a property in Mallard Court, Stamford.

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