Crime

An architect who accepted a police caution for assault has been fined by his professional body. Jerry Harrall, of Long Sutton SEArch Architects, has been ordered to pay £500 by the Architects Registration Board after being found guilty of professional misconduct. Dr Harrall had initially denied assaulting Glenn Eldridge following an incident on October 23, 2013, and the case was ...

The arrangement of Sgt Jo Reeves as temporary South Holland community policing inspector has been extended. Insp Jim Tyner, who switched from the role based at Spalding in March, will continue as acting chief inspector for East Lindsey until the end of July. It was originally to have been June 30. During that time chief officers will be considering permanent ...

The first of South Holland’s new CCTV cameras is close to being fully operational – with the rest of the £108,000 scheme on stream by the end of June. A technical hiccup which delayed February’s expected start has been resolved and testing is under way, with images being received at Boston Borough Council’s CCTV control room. District council deputy leader Nick ...

Police continue to hunt for two men who robbed a phone shop at knifepoint. The incident happened at Spalding’s Carphone Warehouse store at about 6pm on Thursday, May 14. Two men, both described as Afro Caribbean, went into the Winfrey Retail Park store and took cash and a number of phones. Members of staff were threatened with a knife but ...

A car was completely destroyed after it was set alight in Spalding. The blue Nissan Micra was parked in a layby on Churchgate when the incident happened, shortly before 3am on Monday. (June 1). Police said: “Lincolnshire Police are treating the incident as arson and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Please call 101, quoting incident number 19 ...

A Pinchbeck man has been charged with burglary of commercial premises in the village. Marcus James Roberts-Fogerty (30), of Bridgewater Lane, is accused of burgling DP Packaging in Northgate on May 25. He will appear before Boston magistrates on June 24.

A Spalding teenager is due to appear in court charged with an alleged assault in Holbeach on Monday (May 25). Thanasi Greenfield (19), of Havelock Street, is said to have assaulted a 20-year-old man in the Fleet Road/High Street area of Holbeach around 12.40pm. Greenfield will appear before Boston magistrates on June 17. Police would like to trace a couple who were ...

Police have seized thousands of pounds of assets from a gang who carried out a series of ramraids, including ones in Long Sutton and Crowland. The items seized, which are believed to have been bought with the proceeds of the ramraids, included an Audi A5 S-line TDI Cabriolet, a Swift Corniche caravan, a Nissan Navara, numerous smaller quad bikes, plant ...

Staff at Spalding’s Carphone Warehouse were robbed of cash and mobile phones at knifepoint on Thursday. The incident happened at around 6pm when two men, both described as Afro Caribbean, went in the Winfrey Retail Park store and took cash and a number of phones. Members of staff were threatened with a knife but no-one was injured. Police are urging anyone with information to call ...

A local magistrate has resigned in protest over a new court charge which he believes could affect defendants’ right to justice. The Criminal Courts Charge, introduced last month, is designed to ease the burden on taxpayers by making offenders pay towards the cost of courts. Anybody convicted of a summary (less serious) offence at a magistrates’ court after a guilty ...

A man has been charged with criminal damage in Holbeach. Mantas Busevicius (20), of no fixed abode, has been charged with criminal damage and using threatening behaviour, following an incident at Holbeach Police station on May 4 during which a window was damaged. Busevicius was remanded in custody to appear before Lincoln Magistrates today (Tuesday).

Two foreign nationals are being held in Germany after being caught with a pair of tractors stolen from a Moulton farm. The Lithuanians’ lorry was stopped by world police organisation INTERPOL on an autobahn near Wiesbaden. Two John Deere tractors on board – worth £60,000 in total – had been taken from F Dring and Sons overnight in the early ...

A call has been made for CCTV to be installed at a vandalism hotspot after “mindless idiots” rolled a parked car. The car was left lying on its side in The Vista car park, Spalding, close to St Nicolas Hall which has been repeatedly targeted by vandals. A picture of the toppled car appeared on social media prompting a flood ...

A burglar who smashed his way into the home of a couple while they were out on a family visit has been jailed for four and a half years. Nigel Mills stole computer equipment containing treasured family photographs together with a television set when he burgled the bungalow in Church Lane, Moulton. Phil Howes, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court that the ...

Barely a day goes by without another horrific story of child sexual exploitation hitting the headlines. Every day, police across the country are called in to investigate yet another case of children being sexually abused. Last week, the issue was in the spotlight during a national child sexual exploitation awareness day. Among those backing the campaign was Lincolnshire Police, with ...

A county councillor has been targeted by blackmailers threatening to expose him as a paedophile unless they pay £10,000. Lincolnshire County Council is calling for residents to be vigilant in light of the blackmail attempt. The elected member, who has not been identified, received a letter threatening to publicly accuse them of being a paedophile if they didn’t pay the ...

Two tractors and a cultivator worth £68,500 which were stolen from a Moulton farm last weekend have quickly been recovered. The John Deere 6830 models – one of which was still coupled to a cultivator – were brazenly driven away from bulb growers F Dring and Sons in High Road between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Managing director Richard Barlow ...

Two tractors and a cultivator worth £68,500 have been stolen from a Moulton farm. The John Deere 6830 models – one of which was still coupled to a cultivator – were brazenly driven away from bulb growers F Dring and Sons in High Road between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Managing director Richard Barlow said his wife heard a noise ...

A Quadring man has been jailed for more than five years after taking part in a terrifying gunpoint hold-up at a village post office. Luke French and Jake Webster carried out the attack on the Post Office at Colsterworth, near Grantham, but were foiled when the postmistress pressed the panic alarm button. Gordon Aspden, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said both ...

Policing is all that Jo Reeves has ever wanted to do so it will be another proud moment in her blossoming career when she becomes South Holland community inspector on Monday. It’s been a swift rise for the 30-year-old who started as a police officer in 2006 and was promoted to sergeant at Spalding last August. She takes over the ...