Lincoln ticket conman admits scam but avoids jail
People scammed to feed gambling addiction
| Photo: The Lincolnite
A Lincoln fraudster addicted to gambling, who scammed 85 victims by selling them non-existent tickets to events worth up to £9,0000, has been convicted but spared jail.
Jesse Wilkinson gained the trust of his victims during online chats over Facebook, which began with him commiserating with them when they missed out on tickets for in-demand events.
Jeremy Janes, prosecuting, said Wilkinson needed the money to fund his gambling habit which had spiralled out of control as he sought a big win to recoup his losses.
Paedophile back in jail after assaulting two children and drugging another
He didn’t tell the mother about being a sex offender
Benjamin Johnson, a registered sex offender, has been sent back to prison for six years. | Photo: Humberside Police
A registered sex offender has returned back to prison for six years after failing to comply with release requirements when he sexually assaulted two children.
Benjamin Johnson, 34 and from Scunthorpe, went to extensive measures to conceal a year-long relationship with a woman who had three children, who he had overnight stays with right up until his arrest in April 2020.
He pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two children at Grimsby Crown Court on Monday and was sentenced to six years back in jail.
| Photo: Connor Creaghan for The Lincolnite
A new report, which reveals 31 people in Louth were sleeping rough last year, has highlighted how invisible the issue in East Lindsey can be.
A report before the Overview Committee next Tuesday (June 1) shows that the average nightly number of people sleeping rough in the district dropped by more than 77% in three years, councillors will be told next week.
An annual snapshot showed the number of people on the district’s streets on a “typical night” was down from 18 in 2018, to four in 2020.
“We are proud that at many points over the year, there has not been anybody sleeping rough in East Lindsey,” said the report from the council’s rough sleeping team.