Two jailed after gang targets home over drug debt
CCTV footage was obtained of the break-in that took place on Grosvenor Road in Skegness in 2023
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Two men have been jailed after an armed gang stormed a home over what police believe to be a drug debt.
Lincolnshire Police received a call on 27 February 2023 at about 21:30 GMT stating that 12 to 13 men with weapons and a motorbike were trying to force entry into the property on Grosvenor Road, Skegness.
Officers found the property had been damaged internally and three men, believed to be the targets, had made their way out the back door unharmed.
Paul Johns, 35, of Viking Drive, Skegness, and Shane Tune, 40, of South Parade, Skegness, previously pleaded guilty to affray and were given jail sentences at Lincoln Crown Court on Friday.
Paul Johns (left) and Shane Tune were sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on 9 October
Lincolnshire Police said CCTV footage captured the incident which started when a motorbike, ridden by Johns, pulled up outside the targeted property at 21:33 GMT.
The footage then showed 12 suspects in the street with weapons.
One man, Tommy Gaskin Snr, 53, of Summergangs Lane, Gainsborough, is seen in the footage wielding an axe which he used to smash the windows of the property before going in with the axe raised at head height.
After attending, police located Tune, seized several key pieces of evidence and obtained the CCTV footage.
Johns was sentenced to one year and two months in prison, while Tune received a 10-month custodial sentence and was remanded into custody.
Gaskin Snr was also charged with one count of affray which he pleaded guilty to on 21 January.
His sentencing has been deferred until 6 February next year and he was told by the court to comply with the requirements set out by the presiding judge, which included complying with a community order.
Det Con David Bettison, the officer in charge of the case, said: "Criminal gangs seek to disrupt the peace we work hard to protect, threatening the safety of our neighbourhoods.
"Our teams are relentless in their pursuit of those who bring harm and fear to our communities."
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