Courts

Trial for sexual offences charges

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 ...

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Man who repeatedly breached restraining order jailed

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 ...

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Man flashed young girls at station

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 ...

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Man in court over sexual offences against children

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 ...

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Four years in jail for Spalding man whose lies led to body of Colette Law not being found until 10 days after her death

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 ...

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Murder and manslaughter charges set to be dropped as man admits perverting justice over discovery of women’s body in churchyard

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 ...

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Spalding victim suffered at hands of man who blackmailed dozens into sexual and degrading acts

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 ...

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Man (50) charged with rape and strangulation offences

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 ...

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Spalding man in court charged with sexual offences involving children

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 ...

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Man denies murder of Colette Law

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 ...

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Man who planted fake bomb jailed for five years

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 ...

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Man denies child sex offences

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 ...

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Man admits planting fake bomb

A man has admitted placing a bottle containing vinegar and hydrochlorite bleach outside a Spalding pub to make others believe it would explode or ignite.Jay Savage (30) appeared at Lincoln Crown Court and pleaded guilty to a charge of placing an article outside the Lincolnshire Poacher on November 13 last year.The charge specifies that Savage placed a bottle containing vinegar ...

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Jail for man who gave teens drugs

A South Holland man who supplied cannabis to two teenage girls was jailed for 15 months. Daniel Bailey (46) admitted supplying the Class B drug between January 18, 2019, and September 1, 2021.Bailey, of New Road, Holbeach St Marks, also pleaded guilty to possessing personal amounts of cannabis and cocaine following his arrest on October 13 last year.Lincoln Crown Court ...

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£18,500 fine for hare coursing

A man has been fined more than £18,500 after admitting trespassing on private land and using dogs to chase and kill hares in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. Following a report of hare coursing in Low Road, Crowland, on November 13, officers from the Rural Crime Action Team attended and located the suspect who appeared to be equipped with dogs on the ...

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Woman branded a ‘fool’ for lying

A woman who falsely claimed to be driving a car which struck another vehicle outside a Spalding pub was given a suspended jail sentence. Katie Andrews (31), of Coronation Close, Spalding, was the registered the keeper of a white Audi Q5 which collided with a Honda car near the Ivy Wall pub.Lincoln Crown Court heard the occupants of the Audi ...

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Two arrested in Spalding charged with class A drugs offences

Two people have been charged with a number of offences involving Class A drugs after being arrested in Spalding. Mohammed Moussa and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were both arrested in on November 14. A total of 48 wraps of heroin, more than 56g of crack cocaine and £1,345 in cash was seized following the arrests. ...

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Man fined £18,500 after hare coursing near Crowland

A man has been fined more than £18,500 after admitting trespassing on private land and using dogs to chase and kill hares in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. Following a report of hare coursing in Low Road, Crowland, on November 13, officers from our Rural Crime Action Team attended and located the suspect who appeared to be equipped with dogs on the ...

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Woman admits perverting course of justice

A woman who falsely claimed to be driving a car which struck another vehicle outside a Spalding pub was given a suspended jail sentence. Katie Andrews, 31, of Coronation Close, Spalding, was the registered the keeper of a white Audi Q5 which collided with a Honda car near the Ivy Wall pub.  Lincoln Crown Court heard the occupants of the ...

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Spalding murderer set for life imprisonment after judge denies attempt to revoke guilty plea

A Spalding man will be sentenced for the murder of Vincent Markham after an application to vacate his guilty plea was refused by a judge. Samuel Church, 36, faces a sentence of life imprisonment after he previously admitted the murder of Mr Markham and setting a fire which destroyed his home. Church of Acacia Avenue in Spalding, had been due ...

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