Courts

A Spalding man drove his Mercedes car at speeds of up to 130mph in an attempt to avoid being stopped by police, a court has heard. Eimantas Gudziunas, 32, of Double Street, who admitted dangerous driving, was seen by officers in his car at 12.30am on January 26 and they followed it and then used their blue light to get ...

A Fleet resident died after falling down stairs on her 60th birthday. Angel Fox had been looking forward to seeing her children and made the descent of the steep staircase unaccompanied, which was not the norm because of her “bad legs”, an inquest heard today (Wednesday). The fall was not witnessed but her husband, Chris, told the hearing in Lincoln ...

A teen is due to appear in court today (Friday, August 12) charged with GBH following an incident that left another with what what police described as a stab wound. Tione Moodie, 19, of Pinchbeck Road, Spalding, has been charged with GBH in connection with this incident which took place on Tuesday August 9 in Westlode Street. Detective Inspector Rich ...

A Spalding man who used his car on a journey that he could have walked in five minutes, has been banned from driving for driving with excess alcohol. Jack Skipworth, 21, of Nursery Way, who admitted the offence on July 23, was seen to cross the central road line while driving his car and was stopped by police in Woolram ...

A Weston Hills man hanged himself on the day he was due to attend court charged with 67 historic sex abuses, an inquest into his death heard. Stephen Wheddon (71), of Broadgate, was found dead at his home on February 8. He was due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on a host of charges reported in the county, including ...

A BMW spotted veering from side to side in the road had a drink-driving Fleet teenager at the wheel. Stewart Lee was stopped by police as he and his father returned from a pub meal on the WestNorfolk coast. King’s Lynn Magistrates’ Court heard on Thursday that 19-year-old Lee “stumbled” away from thecar and admitted he’d had alcohol. He was ...

A Holbeach moped rider has been banned from driving after he collided with a car while more thantwice over the legal limit for alcohol. Brogan Moody, 24, of Rathkenny Close, who admitted the offence and one of having no insurance, wassaid to have collided with a car at 9.35pm on July 16 at Willington Road in Boston. Prosecuting at Boston ...

Police officers threatened to tasar a drunk man wielding a wheelbrace in Pinchbeck, a court has heard. Anthony Corrigan, 29, of St Johns Road, Weston Hills admitted possessing an offensiveweapon when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Marie Stace, prosecuting, said officers were confronted by Corrigan when they attended the incident onJuly 17. She said he was shouting and swearing ...

A second conviction for driving under the influence of cannabis has led to a Spalding woman being banned from driving for three years. Melissa Arnold, 27, of Hereward Road admitted drug driving when she appeared at Boston MagistratesCourt. Prosecuting, Rebecca Wilson said Ms Arnold was stopped on February 10 while driving her Nissan Micrain Wintergold Avenue after police smelt cannabis ...

A Spalding man told magistrates he would lose job when he was banned from driving following his court appearance for driving with excess alcohol. Paulo de Olivera Veiga, 42, who admitted the offence when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court, was said to have been arrested when he gave a positive breath test after he crashed his Seat Toledo into ...

A Spalding man was found to be in possession of a knife, as well as amphetamines and cannabis, when he was searched by police in the street. Algis Mecilauskas, 21, of Spalding Common had admitted all three offences when he first appeared before magistrates in June and was now appearing for sentence following a report from the Probation Service. The ...

A Holbeach woman drove drunk after a domestic argument, a court has heard. Magistrates in Boston heard that, Rita Feher, 27, of Washway Road, had left the address following a row with her partner at 11pm on June 24 and had crashed into a lamppost and then into a hedge. Prosecuting, Lottie Tyler said she was found in the driver’s ...

A 34-year-old man has been arrested after an 84-year-old was assaulted and had his walking stick stolen. Georgel Cimbala is due to appear at Boston Magistrates Court today (Friday, July 8) charged with robbery and attempted burglary following the incident at The Parkway, Spalding last month. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police: “We have charged a man with robbery and attempted ...

A Holbeach 20-year-old has been given an eight-year sentence for raping a child. Nathan Bossley, of Allison Avenue, Holbeach, appeared today at Lincoln Crown Court. He was found guilty, following trial last month, of raping a child under the age of 13. The offences of rape occurred on at least three occasions and took place between December 27, 2019 and ...

A Holbeach man has been fined for punching a prison officer following an argument over slippers Connor Tierney, 26, of Langwith Drive, Holbeach, Spalding admitted the offence while on remand awaiting trial on December 7 last year. Prosecutor Lottie Tyler told Boston Magistrates Court it had been an ‘unprovoked attack’ and the officer had had to receive hospital treatment as ...

A man caught driving while disqualified just four days before the end of his ban has been banned again. Daniel Horgan, 38, of Station Road, Gedney Hill, who has 51 previous convictions, many of them for driving while disqualified and without insurance, had admitted failing to stop for the police, driving while disqualified and possession of crack cocaine when he ...

A Spalding man who drove at speeds of up to 90mph in a built-up area in Spalding, subsequently refused to give a specimen of breath for analysis, a court has heard. Damian Sanocki (28), of Bonnington Court, admitted failing to provide a specimen and using a car without insurance, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court. Prosecuting, Julie Costello said ...

A woman killed a Spalding motorcyclist after falling asleep at the wheel and veering into oncoming traffic. Mollie Southam (23) was driving along the A16 near Newborough at about 6am on February 7, 2020, when her car veered into the opposite lane, hitting a motorcyclist head on and causing a five-vehicle collision. The motorcyclist, Simon Rayner (51), of Thomas Road, ...

A coroner has ruled that South Holland District Council’s handling of a housing issue contributed to a 35-year-old man taking his own life. Maciej Szmyt was found dead in bungalow accommodation at The Anglia Motel in Fleet on August 10 last year, having taken an overdose of tablets. An inquest into his death, held at Boston Coroner’s Court last Tuesday, ...

Officers have charged a man under new legislation which was introduced last month to protect victims of domestic abuse. Benjamin Flatters, aged 31, of Dorchester Road, Spalding was charged with non-fatal strangulation following an alleged assault, reported on June 23. Flatters appeared at Lincoln Magistrates Court on July 1 where he pleaded not guilty to the strangulation charge. Flatters pleaded ...