Court Reporter

A man was on Friday found guilty of unlawfully killing a holidaymaker who suffered a fatal stab wound to the heart after being cleared of murder.

Gareth Hart, 43, from Barnsley (pictured above), was on holiday with his family in Ingoldmells, near Skegness, when he was fatally stabbed. Joseph Malek, 33, from Derbyshire, had denied murdering Mr Hart on 6 April this year, claiming he lashed out with his pen knife after being attacked.

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A Lincoln man who was found with a kitchen knife shortly after making a threat to kill another man was on Monday jailed for 17 months.

Nathan West, 25, of Macaulay Drive, Lincoln, was discovered with the knife near Birchwood police station after officers were alerted and launched a search for him.

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