Court Reporter

A man from Derbyshire has gone on trial accused of murdering a Barnsley man during a fight near an amusement park in Lincolnshire.

Forty-three-year-old Gareth Hart (pictured above) was on holiday in Ingoldmells, near Skegness, when it is alleged he was stabbed in the heart near Fantasy Island on 6 April. Joseph Allan Malek, 33, of Market Place, Belper, is charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon on Sea Lane in Ingoldmells on 6 April.

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A sex offender who admitted a string of charges including child rape was on Monday jailed for 12 years at Lincoln Crown Court.

Andrew Bonner, 56, was also sentenced to one year extended licence, which he will serve after he is released from custody.

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