Asylum seeker, 33, charged with raping woman in Skegness was staying at hotel used to house migrants
Daily MailA 33-year-old man who has been charged with raping a woman in a Skegness park late at night was staying at a taxpayer-funded hotel believed to be housing migrants. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: 'Officers were called to the Tower Gardens area of Skegness just after 10.40pm on Friday, June 9 to a report of a sexual assault.' Tower Gardens in Skegness, Lincolnshire, where the alleged rape took place The big wheel on the seafront in Skegness, a UK seaside town Skegness MP Matt Warman shared the police appeal on social media Skegness MP Matt Warman shared the police appeal on social media and said: 'The news that a man staying in Skegness has been charged with rape is hugely shocking, and understandably has raised a number of significant concerns. 'I echo Lincolnshire Police's appeal for witnesses or anyone who was in the Tower Gardens area of Skegness between 10pm and 11pm on Friday, June 9. Aerial photo of the seaside town, Skegness, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire A local councillor last year said residents and business owners are 'worried about asylum seekers taking up bed space which could be for tourists' Skegness hoteliers are said to receive more than £10,000 a week to close their doors to tourists and house migrants instead.
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