April 2016 Cleethorpes sex offender sentenced to 14 years A 62-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of sex offences at Grimsby Crown Court yesterday. The jury decided that Colin Bell, 62, of Coulbeck Drive, Cleethorpes was guilty of the offences of rape and indecent assault of a girl under 16. The charges related to incidents that took place approximately 25 years ago. It was further recommended that the greatest proportion of the sentence must be served before he can be considered for parole. A Sexual Harm Prevention Order was also imposed for life which prohibits Bell from having any unsupervised access to any girl under the age of 16.