Five charged over murder of Lincoln man
Lincolnshire police have charged five men with the murder last week of 23-year-old Sam Davies (PA)
Five men have been charged with the murder of Lincoln man Sam Davies, police said.
Officers were called to Coleridge Gardens in the city just before 11pm last Thursday, where Mr Davies was found with suspected knife wounds. He died a short time later.
Five men, Joe Jameson, 23; Daniel Heydari 24; Eric Kesel, 18; Eimantis Gochman, 19; and Charlie Wakefield, 20, have been charged with murder.
We have tonight (31st May) charged five men with the murder of Sam Davies https://t.co/St4Xy9hkfEpic.twitter.com/rdT2TRmECr
Family left heartbroken after doting dad killed in one punch pub assault I have laid in bed at night with my son while he has been sobbing asking if his uncle can come back from heaven
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Danny Maguire (Image: Lincs Police)
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Gediminas Vaitkus of Boston died after a one punch assault
The force’s #OnePunchCanKill comes after the deaths of two men in the county – including one from Boston - in 2020 and another man left brain damaged.
Gediminas Vaitkus, 43, of Tunnard Street, Boston, died after a one punch assault in Red Lion Street in the town last July.
Danny Maguire, 34, of Retford, also died a week after suffering a serious head injury in a one punch assault at a pub in Grantham.
Danny Maguire
In both cases, their attackers were jailed for manslaughter.
And another one punch assault victim, Mark Hatcher, 47, was left brain damaged an assault in the street near the Black Bull in Donington.
County lines drug gangs using sweets laced with cannabis to recruit kids
Concerns have been raised after drugs disguised as treats were discovered
Police fear County Lines drug gangs are recruiting children using cannabis-laced sweets (Image: Getty Images)
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Drugs gangs operating in Leicestershire could be tempting children into the world of crime by lacing sweets with cannabis, police have warned.