Courts

A burglar who spray painted the words “sorry lads” on the floor after stealing property valued at over £12,000 from a Pinchbeck business park was jailed for 30 months. Joseph Hutchinson, 38, escaped with power tools and building equipment in the overnight burglary at The Ark Hub in Elsoms Way. Lincoln Crown Court heard the business was left safe and ...

A banned driver who led police on two dangerous pursuits was today (Tuesday) jailed for 26 months after a judge described him as a “menace” to other road users. Nathan Lake, 32, admitted two charges of dangerous driving following the chases in Wisbech and Spalding. Lincoln Crown Court heard the first incident occurred when Lake was spotted behind the wheel ...

A Spalding man who breached a restraining order by bombarding an ex-partner with up to 30 phone calls a day was today (Tuesday) jailed for one year and ten weeks. Thomas Parr, 24, also carried out a string of crimes across the Spalding area after being bailed for the offence involving his ex-partner. Lincoln Crown Court heard Parr began contacting ...

A man who drove on the wrong side of a road and ended up stuck on the central reservation with two flat tyres had two previous convictions for driving with excess alcohol, a court has heard. After police were called to John Adams Way in Boston the driver was arrested after providing a positive breath test which indicated he was ...

A burglar who targeted a 94-year-old Spalding man and took his walking stick after he bravely fought back was today (Friday) jailed for four years and two months. Georgel Cimbala, 34, of Winsover Road, Spalding, admitted burglary at the pensioner’s address in The Parkway on June 18 this year. A hearing at Lincoln Crown Court was told the victim was hit with ...

A homeless man has been ordered to pay compensation after breaking into the empty house his mother used to live in to escape the rain. Karol Pieczsnski, 28, who gave a care of address in Witham Road in Spalding, admitted damaging a doorwhen he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Mare Stace said Pieczsnski noticed his mother’s former home was ...

A Moulton man who put his hands around his partner’s throat ‘for a few seconds’ will be sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court. Liam Crane, 19, denied a charge of intentional strangulation but pleaded guilty to an offence of battery relating to the incident on June 14 this year. Crane, of Shivean Gate, Moulton, also pleaded not guilty to a charge ...

A provisional trial date has been set for a Spalding man accused of murder following a Whaplode Drove fire. Samuel Church, (36), of Acacia Avenue in Spalding has been charged with the murder of Vincent Markham and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Lincolnshire Police said Mr Markham, aged 52, died as a result of an assault at a ...

A Spalding man charged with murder and attempted murder will provisionally go on trial in January next year. Darren Kirk, 52, died from a stab wound to the chest following an incident at a property in Cygnet Court on 20 December last year. Wayne Rule, 45, of Cygnet Court, Spalding, has entered a not guilty plea to murdering Mr Kirk. He ...

A 29-year-old driver has admitted hitting two pedestrian and failing to stop. William Jones, 29, of Washway Road, Fleet, admitted dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident while driving his BMW 120D car dangerously in New Road, Spalding on May 1. Boston magistrates heard he struck two pedestrians in the collision and then drove off. Appearing for Jones, ...

The 20-year-old owner of a dog which attacked and seriously injured a building surveyor carrying out an energy assessment at a Spalding house, has been given a suspended prison sentence. Lasma Sepetovska, formerly of Queens Road but now living at Mountstevens Avenue in Peterborough,admitted being the owner of the dog, which was dangerously out of control. Prosecuting at Boston Magistrates ...

A 24-year-old man who was stopped by police after he was seen to be swerving over the road, was found to be more than twice the legal limit for alcohol. Thomas Taylor of Harrow Road, Deeping St Nicholas, who admitted the offence, was seen by police driving his Citroen Berlingo on Littleworth Drove, Spalding on August 21 and was arrested ...

A Spalding man who sent sexual messages to five Facebook users who he believed were under-age girls was given a suspended jail sentence. James Killner, 50, of Spalding Common, understood he was messaging teenage girls aged either 13 or 14, Lincoln Crown Court heard. However, the profiles were infact decoys set up by a paedophile hunting group, the court was ...

Two South Holland companies have been fined more than £300,000 after a Holbeach teenager was killed on a building site in 2018. Managers at both P&R Plant Hire, of Holbeach, and D. Brown Ltd, Moulton Seas End, were sentenced to suspended jail terms at a hearing on Tuesday morning.The two managers and the main contractor were convicted of health and ...

A 24-year-old Holbeach drink-driver has been banned from the roads for three years. Connor Hart was sentenced at King’s Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for his second offence ofdriving under the influence of drink or drugs. He had previously been banned in December 2020. The court heard that the latest offence happened in Lynn’s Norfolk Street on July 23. Police ...

A Gosberton man was over the limit for cannabis when involved in a collision that left four injured, one of whom had to be cut from their vehicle. Ivaylo Ivanov, 42, of Churchfleet Lane, Gosberton admitted driving under the influence of drugs andcareless driving when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. The court heard that while on the way to ...

A Spalding man bombarded a local businesswoman with messages and telephone calls after his partner was sacked by her. Matthew Poxon, 34, of Rowan Avenue, admitted harassment without violence of Faith Pearson in Mayand June this year, as well as damaging a police van by ’emitting bodily fluids’ when he was beingconveyed to the police station on June 20. Marie ...

A Holbeach man has appeared in court after a reported stabbing in the town in the early hours of Sunday morning. Joshua Marshall aged 20, of High Street, Holbeach, has been charged with GBH, possession of an offensive weapon and driving whilst over the prescribed limit. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “He was remanded into custody and will be ...

A man who admitted intentionally strangling his partner at her Spalding home was today (Wednesday) jailed for 34 months. Lincolnshire Police charged Benjamin Flatters under new legislation which was introduced earlier this year to protect victims of domestic abuse. Flatters will also serve a further 12 months on extended licence following his release from jail after a judge concluded he ...

A Surfleet man has been jailed after being found driving while disqualified for a second time in four months. Edvinas Piragis, 29, of Newlands Road, admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance whenhe appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said police saw Piragis driving an Audi A4 in Holbeach Road, Spalding at4.30pm on May 10 and stopped the ...