Gang who stole lead from churches jailed
BBC News Published image captionThe affected churches faced a combined repair bill of more than £2m, Lincoln Crown Court was told Four men who stole lead from more than 20 remote country churches across England have been jailed. Paul Buica, Constantin Motescu, Luarentiu Sucea and Mihai Birtu targeted the churches, from Dorset to Yorkshire, between 2018 and 2020. The affected buildings faced a combined repair bill of more than £2m, Lincoln Crown Court was told. A vicar said the thieves had "desecrated" his church for "a few pounds worth of lead". Michael Cranmer-Brown, prosecuting, told the ...
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