Crime

Human rights and workers’ rights campaigner Andy Hall says he will continue despite being handed a three-year suspended jail sentence in Thailand. Mr Hall (36) was convicted last month on a criminal charge of defamation after carrying out research for a report critical of pay and conditions in a Thai fruit factory. He maintains his innocence and his legal team, ...

The lead detective in the investigation, Det Ch Insp Martin Holvey, of East Midlands Special Operations Unit (major crime), issued the following statement after the jury’s verdict to convict a 15-year-old girl of the murders of Liz and Katie Edwards: “Between 13th April and  the 15th April this year, a tragic event happened in Spalding, Lincolnshire, whereby a mother, Elizabeth Edwards ...

A bid to establish a new off-licence in Spalding has been thwarted after the applicant was found to have links with a shop involved in criminality. Zarid Limalia (19) wanted to turn Global Image unisex hair salon in Winsover Road into VIP Alcohol. However, a panel of members of South Holland District Council’s licensing authority comprising Angela Harrison, Harry Drury and ...

A 15-year-old girl has been convicted of the murder of Spalding mum and daughter Liz and Katie Edwards. The jury at Nottingham Crown Court decided that, even though the girl did not carry out the killings, she was just as culpable as a 15-year-old boy who last week admitted to two counts of murder. The prosecution said the girl was ...

Witnesses are urgently being sought to help police establish how a 34-year-old man suffered “serious injuries” in Spalding on Sunday. (Oct 16) Police were called at about 7.15pm. The footway outside two shops near the junction of Winsover Road and St Thomas’s Road was taped off and a police scene guard was in place until mid-morning on Monday. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police ...

A measure being considered for South Holland which would allow the restriction of new alcohol sales licences may not be workable, but other action continues. That is the message from Sgt Kim Enderby, of Lincolnshire Police’s alcohol licensing team, ahead of a district council licensing committee meeting on Tuesday (Oct 18), at which it will consider for a second time ...

Police have expressed concerns over an application for a premises licence in Spalding, due to be heard on Friday (Oct 14). Zarid Limalia (19) has made an application to create an off-licence, VIP Alcohol, in the Winsover Road shop he currently runs as Global Image hair salon – next to Aldi. A representation from Lincolnshire Police to a panel of South ...

A psychiatrist has told the trial of a 15-year-old girl accused of two murders in Spalding that she was suffering from a disorder which impaired her judgement. Dr Indranil Chakrabarti, who specialises in child and adolescents, told the jury at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday (Oct 12) that the girl had intended to kill both Liz Edwards and her 13-year-old daughter Katie. ...

The Crown Prosecution Service has asked a judge to review his sentence of a serial fraudster. Former nurse Maria Pridmore was jailed for three years after she admitted a string of offences, including claiming benefits for two of her dead children and stealing over £30,000 from friends and two elderly women. Following the sentence in August, Nigel Chapman, the hate ...

A 15-year-old girl accused of two murders told police that she had felt like murdering for a while. The girl, who was 14 at the time of the killings, told officers who interviewed her that she planned the killings of school dinner lady Liz Edwards and her daughter Katie with a then 14-year old boy, who has admitted murder. DC ...

A 15-year-old girl accused of carrying out two murders gave graphic descriptions of the killings in police interviews, a jury heard today (Tuesday). The girl, who cannot be identified because of a court order, told officers how she planned the killings of school dinner lady Elizabeth Edwards (49) and her 13-year-old daughter Katie during chats with a 15-year-old boy, who ...

Spalding dinner lady Liz Edwards and her youngest daughter Katie were attacked and killed as they slept in bed, a jury has been told. A 15-year-old boy has admitted to murdering them both. A 15-year-old girl is on trial for two counts of murder, both of which she denies. Nottingham Crown Court was told today (Monday) that when the boy ...

Illicit cigarettes were found stashed in secret hiding places during multi-agency raids on Spalding shops last week. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have released details of what was discovered during the swoops reported in The Voice (Sep 30). Officers from HMRC, with support from Lincolnshire Trading Standards and Lincolnshire Police, visited 36 retail premises across the county. The operation to ...

A pensioner who slashed her husband with a bread knife after tipping his evening meal over his head has been given a suspended jail sentence. Susan Walker claimed she had previously been subjected to domestic violence at the hands of her husband David Rogers and said that she acted in self-defence fearing he was about to attack her. But after retiring ...

Two hare coursers caught in Whaplode St Catherine have been fined a total of £1,641. Philip Marsh (44), of Ramsbottom, in Lancashire, and Denny James Loveridge (36), of Slough in Berkshire, were convicted by Boston magistrates of trespassing in the pursuit of game on October 21, 2015. Marsh, who appeared in court in person, was fined £903 and Loveridge, who ...

A man who slashed a neighbour with a knife and then barricaded himself in his own home has been jailed for a year. Shaun Smith carried out the attack after going into the street armed with the weapon. Andrew Scott, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday (Oct 5), said that Smith began shouting outside the home of neighbour John ...

A 69-year-old man accused of three child sex offences has had his case sent to crown court for trial by jury. Terence George Grimshaw is charged with engaging a 15-year-old girl – not reasonably believing she was aged 16 or over – in sexualised role play. He is also said to have made 52 category C and 11 category B indecent photographs ...

Suspected illegal goods were seized at half of the Spalding shops and off-licences visited during multi-agency raids on Tuesday (Sep 28). Several thousand cigarettes were removed from five premises for examination. As criminal proceedings are under way, The Voice is not naming which shops are suspected of wrongdoing at this stage. However, we can confirm that some of the premises ...

Ram-raiders at the Co-op in Donington caused an enormous amount of damage – but left empty-handed. Police are studying CCTV images as they investigate the attempted theft of the cash machine from the outside wall of the Market Place store. A John Deere teleporter was used in the incident which happened at around 3.20am on Thursday (Sep 29). Police said: “The ...

A Spalding resident is accused of a string of fuel thefts to the total value of £6,964.86. Guntis Augucevics (30), of Aldrin Close, is charged with four counts of theft of fuel belonging to Jill Marsh, from Ulceby in Lincolnshire, on consecutive nights between March 2 and March 5 this year. He is further accused of having an article for ...