Courts

A former professional golfer who racially abused a Spalding taxi driver, has been ordered to pay him £200 in compensation by magistrates in Boston. John William Ronson, 55, of no fixed address but with a contact address in Parkside Crescent in Spalding, admitted using racially abusive words and behaviour towards the driver on August 17 last year. The court heard ...

A Holbeach roof contractor racially abused one of his customers in a disagreement over when he was to be paid, a court has heard. Patrick Alec Smith, 45, of Rose View Drive, Holbeach admitted racially aggravated harassment when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said Smith telephoned his customer at 10am on September 2 last year to ...

A Spalding man who last year was banned from driving for three years following a police chase at speeds up to 93 mph before abandoning his car and hiding in a potato field, was found driving his car in Albion Street. Ignas Bagdonas, 30, of Banks Avenue, had admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance when he appeared at Boston ...

A Holbeach man died after his car crashed on the outskirts of the town for an unknown reason, an inquest has heard. Denis Charlton’s Kia Picanto drifted across the opposite carriageway as he approached the A151/B1515 roundabout in Spalding Road. It collided with a speed camera sign before coming to rest in a dyke. Mr Charlton (81) was treated by ...

A Spalding man got involved in a dispute with a group described as ‘travellers’ after going out to a pub on the first day they were opened after lockdown last year, a court has heard. Luke Joshua Purvis, 24, of Laburnum Grove admitted threatening behaviour when he appeared at Boston Magistrate Court. Prosecuting, Lynn Bickley said that at 10pm on ...

A former teacher who downloaded more than 45,000 indecent images of children onto his computer devices was today (Wednesday) spared an immediate jail sentence. Ian Bradbury, 66, who was described as having an addiction to downloading material onto his devices, was arrested after police carried out a raid on his home in Long Sutton back in August 2019. Eunice Opare-Addo, prosecuting, ...

A driver who appeared “unnerved” by police on patrol on the A17 at Sutton Bridge was found to be banned. Nicholas Horne was pulled over and initially tried to offer his brother’s details. But officers’ suspicions were raised when he stumbled over giving the address. King’s Lynn Magistrates’ Court was told on Thursday that 37-year-old Horne was “extremely nervous” and ...

A Holbeach man was found to have more than five times the permitted level of cannabis in his bloodstream after he was stopped by police. Joshua Cross, 23, of East Elloe Avenue, admitted driving his Suzuki car under the influence of drugs when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said Cross was stopped by police in Double ...

A Spalding man who was testing a car he was being offered to buy, crashed into a wall, a court has heard. Kamil Walasiewicz, 34, of Juniper Crescent, admitted driving with excess alcohol, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Jim Clare, prosecuting, said that on November 24, Walasiewicz crashed the Skoda car into a wall and after providing a ...

A Pinchbeck man has told magistrates that he refused to give a blood sample for analysis because he was afraid of needles. Keiran Worth, 24, of Cherry Holt Lane had admitted failing to provide the sample after he was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs, following a positive drugs wipe for cannabis and cocaine. Sukhdev Bisla had told ...

A 43-year-old Whaplode man died after accidentally hitting his head while drunk, an inquest into his death has concluded. James Le Sage was found dead by a porter at The Woodlands Hotel in Spalding on September 14, 2020, Lincoln Coroner’s Court was told recently. The inquest heard Mr Le Sage was staying at the hotel while his parents, who he ...

A pensioner facing allegations of historic sexual assaults on children is to face a jury trial later this year. David Walker, 73, of Coronation Close, Spalding, is accused of three charges of attempted rape and five charges of sexual assault. The charges relate to dates between May 2004 and June 2012. Walker appeared remotely before Lincoln Crown Court. No charges ...

A Holbeach St Marks teenager who admitted viewing indecent images of children was sentenced to a two year community order after a judge decided he needed “urgent help.” Joseph Orbell, 18, of Strawberry Fields Drive, uploaded a total of 782 still and 64 moving images of children between January 2015 and March 2019. Lincoln Crown Court heard police executed a ...

A Fleet woman found with a mobile phone and charger on her while in prison for robbery was suspected to be arranging drug deals. Danielle Brown, who was released from HMP Peterborough on licence last month, produced the equipment from her bra as prison officers were about to start a body search. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard it happened on August ...

A Donington man has been jailed for three years after an assault left his victim with brain damage. At around 11.30pm on January 4, 2020, defendant Paul Hayes, 46, of Quadring Road was drinking in the Black Bull in Donington. His victim, Mark Hatcher had also been in the pub drinking that evening. Mr Hatcher, 46, from Donington, was asked ...

A former Lincolnshire primary school headteacher today (Thursday) denied child sex charges when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court. James Shawley (44), who was headteacher at St Bartholomew Primary School in West Pinchbeck, pleaded not guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a 14-year-old child. He denied two charges of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual ...

A 23-year-old Spalding woman has been ordered to pay more than a thousand pounds in compensation to a 14-year-old boy who she illegally tattooed. Jordan Wheeler of Estella Way admitted the offence of tattooing the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, when she appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Dale Brownless said that while he was at her ...

A police pursuit of a Holbeach driver ended when her car crashed into a boat. But Charlotte Jade Watson and her passenger escaped a soaking too – it was in landlocked Sutton Road, Walpole Cross Keys. It emerged that Watson was drug-driving and without a full licence. Police had concerns and started following Watson after she passed them on the ...

A Pinchbeck man has told a court a knuckleduster he was found in possession of was a piece of artwork gifted by a friend. James Christopher Collin, 20, of Brownlow Crescent, Pinchbeck also admitted being in possession of a flick lock knife which he claimed was to carry out work on his car when he appeared before magistrates at Boston. ...

A 20 year old who carried out an unprovoked attack on another young woman in the early hours of the morning, has been ordered to pay her compensation. Chloe Harrison of Mill Lane, Gosberton admitted assaulting Beth Prowting by beating when she appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said that in the early hours of August 16 2020, ...