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Over 20 years in jail for church lead thefts gang


Over 20 years in jail for church lead thefts gang
Other defendants still sought by the police
Constantin Motescu, Laurentiu Sucea, Paul Buica, and Mihai Birtu have all been jailed. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A prolific gang of Romanian men stripped the lead from dozens of rural churches across England causing utter devastation to village communities, a court was told on Wednesday.
The four men targeted churches from Somerset to North Yorkshire during a two-year crime spree which left churches facing repair bills totalling more than £2 million.
The counties hardest hit by the crime spree were Lincolnshire, Somerset, Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire.
Thefts also occurred from churches in Wiltshire, Suffolk, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ....

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