Courts

A Spalding man who admitted perverting the course of justice and stalking his ex-partner was today (Monday) jailed for four months. Timothy Hart, 46, of Alexandra Road, was also made the subject of a two year restraining order which prevents him from contacting his former girlfriend. Lincoln Crown Court heard the offences occurred after the couple’s three and half year ...

Two alleged Spalding drug dealers have been sent for trial at Lincoln Crown Court by magistrates in Boston.Aleks Szerafin (24), of Celandine Close, admitted supplying cannabis to others and possessing cannabis with intent to supply, although on a basis that could not be agreed to by the Crown Prosecution Service.Modestas Stasys (22), of London Road, denied possessing £360 in cash ...

Two alleged Spalding drug dealers have been sent for trial at Lincoln Crown Court by magistrates in Boston. Aleks Szerafin, 24, of Celandine Close, admitted supplying cannabis to others and possessing cannabis with intent to supply, although on a basis that could not be agreed to by the Crown Prosecution Service. Modestas Stasys, 22, of London Road, denied possessing £360 ...

A commercial burglar who stole thousands of pounds worth of property during a crime spree in South Lincolnshire was jailed for two years. Jake Boyton, 32, used “Bags for Life” to remove computer equipment and cash valued at £1,700 during an overnight burglary at the premises of Welland Print in Spalding. Lincoln Crown Court heard the business was forced to close ...

A “car-mad” father of two was killed when a vehicle he was working under fell off jacks and crushedhim. James McKenna, 47, was in the rear garden of his home in Hospital Drove, Long Sutton. It’s believed the Ford Ka shifted sideways when he used force with a spanner. An inquest hearing in Boston on Tuesday (June 21) was held ...

A 60-year-old man from Sutton Bridge is the first to be prosecuted for fly-tipping in South Holland in two-years following a public tip off. Martin Salter of Wright’s Lane is £3,038 out of pocket after dumping seven used vehicle tyres in Centenary Way on November 25, 2021. South Holland District Council carried out the prosecution after the fly-tipping was spotted ...

A Fleet man accused of shoplifting failed to appear for his court hearing on Wednesday. Lee Roberts, 42, is charged with stealing meat products worth £178.81 from Aldi in Spalding onJanuary 31. He was due before Boston Magistrates’ Court. The case was adjourned to July 20 and Roberts, of Washway Road, had his bail extended. The single condition is that ...

Police followed their noses and caught a drug-driver in Spalding. Officers got the waft of cannabis as they followed Brett O’Neill’s Hyundai Kona along Pinchbeck Road. They followed the Sutton St James man turning into Westlode Street and then into a car park behind a nightclub, magistrates in Boston heard on Wednesday. It was about 2.50am on Christmas Eve last ...

A Spalding man who was driving a friend home after a drink, crashed his car while more than twice over the legal alcohol limit. Edvardas Adomenas, (32), of Gamlyn Close, who admitted the offence, was said to have been the driver of a VW Passat when he was involved in a single vehicle collision on Nene Terrace Road at Crowland ...

A coroner has apologised to the family of a Spalding man who experienced a three-year wait for an inquest into his death to be concluded. Stephen Martin (46) was found hanged on January 19, 2019, but his case was only heard this month at Lincoln Coroner’s Court. While ruling his death as a suicide, coroner Paul Cooper apologised to the ...

A Whaplode man who posted a topless photograph of his former partner onto social media, has been ordered to pay her compensation and undergo rehabilitation sessions. Peter Briggs, 46, of The Tilney, admitted disclosing a private sexual photograph with intent tocause the woman distress, when he appeared before District Judge Peter Veits. Prosecuting, Paul Wood said Briggs had pleaded guilty ...

A man who drunk drove his girlfriend helmetless on the back of a motorcycle stolen from a Spalding home is now living in a Pinchbeck tent as a result, a court has heard. Anthony Taylor, 28, admitted taking the vehicle, driving it with excess alcohol and without insurance or driving licence and not wearing a helmet. His partner, Sarah McCourt, ...

A Crowland man has been fined after he pleaded guilty to operating a waste site without permission and allowing others to fly-tip there. Raymond Wortley, 75, of The Streddars, Hundreds Road, accepted and stored waste illegally at his home without a permit. While some of the waste was burned, he also left his gate open which allowed flytippers to deposit ...

A woman who was barred from a Gosberton pub smashed bottles behind the bar there, assaulted the landlady and stole liquor, a court has heard. Leanne Thornton, 39 of Bowditch Road, admitted three assaults by beating, one of damage and one of burglary, as well as failing to comply with the community protection order, when they appeared at Boston Magistrates ...

The suspended jail sentence handed out to a Spalding man who failed to provide headstones ‘serves as a warning to traders that they cannot get away with unfair and fraudulent business practices’, trading standards say. Julian Karl Gaunt, director of JG Select Memorials Ltd, pleaded guilty to five of nine counts relating to failing to deliver or give refunds for ...

The mother of a Holbeach teenager killed on a building site has spoken of her ‘life sentence’ after a trial relating to his death ended this week. During the four years since 18-year-old Josh Disdel died, his mum has battled health problems including a ‘mini-stroke’ brought on by the stress of the case. Fiona-Jane Lobley collapsed in Lincoln Crown Court ...

A driver who was almost three times over the legal alcohol limit was found asleep at the wheel, a court has heard. Edgaras Rainys, 33, of Queens Road admitted driving with excess alcohol as well as having no insuranceor driving licence when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Shelley Wilson said police had been informed on May 2 about ...

Two construction managers and a building contractors were today (Monday) found guilty of breaching health and safety following the death of a teenage groundworker after a collision on a new Boston housing estate. Josh Disdel 18, from Holbeach, was working in a manhole at the White Bridges site off St Thomas Drive, in Boston, when he was hit by a van ...

A Lincolnshire stonemason who failed to supply memorial headstones to his customers after getting into financial trouble was today (Monday) given a suspended jail sentence. Julian Karl Gaunt, 53, from Spalding, admitted failing to supply ceremonial works to four customers in 2016 after his memorials business collapsed. Gaunt also pleaded guilty to the theft of one memorial headstone from a ...

A construction manager charged with breaching health and safety following the death of a teenage groundworker on a Boston housing estate did not have the responsibilities alleged by the Health and Safety Executive, a jury was told. Josh Disdel 18, from Holbeach, was working in a manhole at the White Bridges site off St Thomas Drive, in Boston, when he was ...