Man admits raping three women at care home

A man has admitted committing sexual assaults on women at a Lincolnshire care home.

Joshua Springer, 35, pleaded guilty at Lincoln Crown Court on 2 December to six counts of rape at the residential home and three further rape charges relating to a woman in North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire Police said.

He also pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.

Springer, of Cornstall Buildings, Stamford, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 6 February.

Det Ch Insp Jennifer Lovatt paid tribute to the "women at the centre of this case and their families".

"Springer's actions show a clear lack of human decency and respect for the victims he targeted," she said.

"He abused a position of trust and used the access he had to attack some of the most vulnerable people in our society."

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