Courts

A Holbeach man has been sent for trial on five allegations of sexually assaulting a woman of 16 or over.Tom Louth (34), now living at Sluice Road but formerly of East Elloe Avenue, denied the three allegations of sexual assault and two of sexual assault with penetration, all in April and May last year, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates’ ...

A Holbeach teenager has appeared in court charged with the rape of a girl under 13.Nathan Bossley (19), of Allison Avenue, entered no pleas to the allegations of raping a girl under 13 on at least three occasions between December 27 2019 and May 24 2021 at Weston.Bossley was sent for trial at Lincoln Crown Court with a first appearance ...

A learner driver fled after his car ploughed into a nursery causing structural damage. Large parts of the Little Treasures Nursery and Pre-School in Spalding were reduced to rubble after Aigars Namsons’ car smashed into it, Lincoln Magistrates’ Court was told this week.The 29-year-old only had a provisional licence and he fled the scene, but was caught after a member ...

A Spalding woman who was twice pictured on a dash cam damaging her neighbour’s car, has been ordered to pay her compensation by magistrates in Boston. Debbie Back, 53, of Albert Street, who admitted causing damage to the car, was said to have been seen on dash cam footage, which had been installed by her neighbour in a friend’s car ...

A woman was ejected from a car and spent a month in hospital after her husband caused a three vehicle collision when he tried to overtake a lorry on the A17. Daniel Gyokov, 32, was travelling north with his partner and their young child when he attempted to overtake the HGV near Fosdyke Bridge. Lincoln Magistrates Court heard Gyokov failed ...

A Sutton Bridge man charged with racist and homophobic behaviour, engaged in a ‘thoroughly unpleasant and nasty targeted attack on his neighbours’, a court has heard. Graham Paul Day, 58, of Withington Street, admitted causing racially aggravated alarm, harassment and distress to two of his neighbours, when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Dale Brownless said the offence committed ...

A Gosberton man who sold cannabis to fund his own addiction was spared an immediate jail sentence. Travis Frederick Mills, 23, admitted turning to dealing to help pay off a drug debt, Lincoln Crown Court heard. Mills, of Belchmire Line, admitted possession of cannabis with intent to supply, possession of MDMA in October last year, as well as possessing cannabis ...

A man who tried to burgle a Cowbit home was caught by police as he kept watch in a getaway car. Michael Dear, 25, was initially caught on CCTV at the home at about 3.30pm on June 28. The footage showed him scoping out the property before returning with a group of accomplices in his role as the getaway driver. ...

A 51-year-old driver was involved in a traffic collision just two weeks before his driving ban was due to end, a court has heard. Graham Walpole of Main Road, Quadring admitted driving while disqualified when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Daniel Pietryka said police attended a road traffic collision in High Street, Gosberton at 6pm on July 6 ...

A man found in possession of dozens of pornographic images of children while claiming to be a ‘paedophile hunter’ has avoided jail. James Edward Pratt, 42, formerly of Millfield Gardens, Crowland but who has now moved to an undisclosed address, had admitted the offences when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court earlier this month when the case was adjourned for ...

Police believe the body of a 17-year-old girl murdered by her dad could still be in the Cowbit area and are continuing to appeal for anyone who may have information to come forward so officers can help give her a proper funeral. This week Scott Walker was found guilty of killing Bernadette Walker, known as Bea, despite no body being ...

A van driver who caused a fatal collision when he drove after just two and a half hours of sleep was today (Monday) jailed at Lincoln Crown Court. Liviu-Ciprian Petrea turned directly into the path of an oncoming HGV as he made a right turn resulting in a collision in which his passenger  and close friend Costin-Alin Rafaila lost his life. ...

Magistrates at Boston have been told that a 27 year old Holbeach woman panicked after being arrested and put into a police van and punched a police officer on the cheek. Rebecca Duggan of Market Rasen Way, who admitted the offence, was said to have driven her car into a ditch in Boston on May 21 and when police came, ...

A Cowbit teenager has been banned from driving for a year after being found driving with cocaine andcannabis in his bloodstream. William Neal, 19, of Capes Entry, Cowbit admitted two charges of driving under the influence of drugswhen he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Yaysa Hue, prosecuting, said he was stopped while driving his Ford Fiesta on the A16 at ...

A Spalding man who is disqualified from driving and with a ‘terrible driving record’ told police who stopped him that he was driving himself to hospital because he had chest pains, a court has been told. Timothy Edward Hart, 45, of Alexandra Road admitted driving while disqualified, without insurance andwhile not wearing a seat belt, when he appeared before magistrates ...

A Sutton St James woman died after suffering serious head injuries following a fall while drunk, an inquest into her death has heard. Karen Page (66) died on January 11 after she was found unconscious outside her Sutton Road home. She was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn where she was diagnosed with significant internal cranial injuries and ...

An inquest into the death of a pensioner heard she likely slipped and fell into a ditch. Shirley Margaret Jones (72) of South Drove, Quadring, was reported missing in the early hours of January 13 earlier this year. Her body was found later that morning at around 9.15am face down in a 12 foot deep ditch at Quadring Fen, the ...

A boundary dispute between Donington neighbours has led to one of them appearing in court charged with damage. Philip Gardner, 38, of Station Street admitted causing £10 worth of damage to a fence belonging to his neighbour when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting Dale Brownless said it was a neighbours’ dispute which should never have got so far ...

A Crowland man found in possession of dozens of pornographic images of children, claimed he was trying to trap paedophiles to hand over to the police, a court has been told. James Pratt, 42, of Millfield Gardens, admitted the offences when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecutor Kate Minehane said police went to his home after receiving information that ...

A Donington man has been sent for trial on two charges involving multiple sexual assaultallegations against a boy under 13, said to have taken place between February 2015 and February 2018. James Peter Wray, 41, of Quadring Road denied the charges and was sent for trial by Bostonmagistrates to Lincoln Crown Court with a first appearance on July 27. He ...