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Three plead guilty to false imprisonment of boy, 14

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The three defendants made their guilty pleas at Northampton Crown Court

Three people have pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment of a 14-year-old boy in a Derbyshire village.

Thomas Brown, 27, Heather Hart, 22, and Connor Wheelhouse, 24, all made their pleas during a hearing at Northampton Crown Court on Wednesday.

Derbyshire Police previously confirmed the teenager was safe and well following the incident in Pinxton on 17 February.

Brown, of no fixed address; Hart, of Springvale Road, Danesmoor in Chesterfield, Derbyshire; and Wheelhouse, of Frederick Street, Riddings, Derbyshire, are all due to be sentenced at Derby Crown Court on 22 November.

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