Courts

A former South Holland District Council employee spent £8,470 on company cards after her mental health deteriorated due to the amount of work put on her, a court has heard. Beverley Paskell, 41, of The Chase, Crowland, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position at Boston Magistrates Court today (Wednesday, April 24). The charge relates to a two year ...

A Spalding woman who stole more than £12,000 by cashing in fake scratch cards winnings has been sentenced. Emma Grimes, 41, was a site manager at Applegreen fuel station, in Ely, between August 2019 and October 2020. In this time, it was discovered that she had paid herself £12,370 in fake scratch card winnings. The discovery was made when the ...

The Holbeach family of murdered Holly Bramley have encouraged any victims of domestic abuse to seek help after her killer was jailed for life today. The 26-year-old was stabbed to death in March last year by her husband Nicholas Metson. Today (Monday April 8), a judge at Lincoln Crown Court sentenced him to a life sentence behind bars. Holly grew ...

An “evil monster” used a ‘Bag For Life’ to dump some of his murdered wife’s remains after dismembering her body and hiding it in their flat for a week.  Nicholas Metson, 28, faces a life sentence after he admitted the brutal stabbing of his long term partner Holly Bramley, 26. Police launched a murder investigation after dozens of remains belonging ...

A Spalding man who was seen standing naked in the street has been remanded into custody after he admitted exposing himself on four occasions.  Marcus Cook, 55, pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals in London Road, Spalding on November 13 and November 17.  Cook, who lives on the road, also admitted two further charges of exposing his genitals in the same location on December 11 ...

A Holbeach woman has appeared in court after assaulting a lady who she also stole £8 from. Samantha Costello (51), of Boston Road South, pleaded guilty to the charges at Boston Magistrates’ Court last week.She was given a conditional discharge to last for 12 months by magistrates as well as told to pay £50 compensation, £85 costs and a £26 ...

Two men have been jailed for 14 months for having a cannabis farm in Sutton Bridge. There were 423 cannabis plants discovered at the premises in Allenbys Chase after a police search on February 21. Yesterday (Monday March 25), Halil Gopani, 34, of no fixed address and Denis Xibraku, 24, of Stubbs Drive in London both appeared in pleaded guilty ...

A woman has admitted two counts of having knives in a public place in Spalding. Julia Plaszczewska, 23, from Fishtoft Road in Boston pleaded guilty to having both a lock knife and a kitchen knife without lawful authority in West Marsh Road on Friday, March 1. She was given a three month jail sentence suspended for 12 months by magistrates ...

A man denied ten sexual offences against a child in the Spalding area when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court on Monday.Daniel Brundell (59), of Launditch Crescent in Downham Market will go to trial at Lincoln Crown Court in April next year after he pleaded not guilty to a total of 14 charges.He is charged with six counts of sexual ...

A Spalding man who repeatedly breached a restraining order has been jailed for 21 months. Johannes Stephanus de Klerk, 42, appeared for sentence at Lincoln Crown Court after being remanded into custody at an earlier hearing. He was represented by defence barrister Chris Brewin after pleading guilty to four charges of harassment by breach of a restraining order. The court ...

A Deeping St Nicholas man has been given a suspended jail sentence for flashing at young girls at Spalding Railway Station. Antony Varley (58), of Main Road, pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals so that someone would be caused alarm or distress on September 1 last year.Magistrates at Boston court on Monday, February 19, decided a four-month prison sentence suspended ...

A man has appeared in Lincoln Remand Court charged with a host of sexual offences against children in Spalding. Daniel Brundell, 59, of Launditch Crescent in Downham Market will go to trial at Lincoln Crown Court with an initial date set for March 4. He is charged with three counts of sexual assault, four of assault by touching, four of ...

A man who “delayed” police finding the body of his girlfriend in a churchyard for a week after previously assaulting her three times was today (Wednesday) jailed for four years and eight months. The body of Colette Law, 26, who was from Greenock in Scotland, was discovered in a tent in the grounds of St Mary and St Nicholas Church in Spalding ...

A man who was arrested following the discovery of a woman’s body in a Lincolnshire churchyard has admitted a charge of perverting public justice with murder and manslaughter charges set to be dropped. The body of Colette Law, 26, who was from Greenock in Scotland, was discovered in the grounds of St Mary and St Nicolas Church in Spalding on July 17 ...

A Spalding person was among the victims of a man jailed for 24-years after being ‘pupil’ of what the National Crime Agency say is one of the most dangerous sexual predators its ever investigated. Anthony ‘Danny’ Burns, 39, worked with notorious online child sex offender Abdul Elahi, who was jailed for 32 years in December 2021 after targeting 2,000 people ...

A 50-year-old man has been charged with the rape of a woman over 16 and two counts of intentional strangulation. Zbigniew Kaczmaek, of Carrington Road, Spalding, was arrested on December 15 in relation to an incident that happened in Spalding on the day of the arrest.He was interviewed, charged and remanded to appear at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, December ...

A Spalding man is due to appear in court on a host of charges regarding sexual offences involving children. Marvin Scampion, 47, of Edward Road in Spalding was due at Boston Magistrates Court as The Voice went to press on Wednesday, December 20.The charges include separate offences against a boy under the age of 13 between April 29 2008 and ...

A man has denied murdering a woman whose body was found in a Spalding churchyard. At Lincoln Crown Court last week, Paul Neilson, of Priory Road, Spalding pleaded not guilty to murder and manslaughter charges following the death of Colette Law earlier this year.The 26-year-old’s body was found in a tent in the grounds of St Mary and St Nicholas ...

A man who threw a bottle containing vinegar and bleach into a Spalding pub to make others believe it would explode was jailed for five years and ten months on Friday. Jay Savage (30) pleaded guilty to a charge of placing an article in the Lincolnshire Poacher pub on 13 November last year.The particulars of the charge specified that Savage ...

A Whaplode Drove man has pleaded not guilty to a host of sexual offences involving attempting to meet children. Stephen Thomas Daubney (56), of Chapelgate, denied the charges when appearing at Boston Magistrates’ Court.The charges relate to incidents in Essex between December 2021 and January 2022.The 11 charges include four counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a ...