Courts

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 40-year-old father who was killed in a collision with a lorry in Long Sutton days before Christmas was going too fast for icy conditions, a coroner has ruled. An inquest into his death at Boston Coroner’s Court last week heard Andrius Toliunas was driving along Centenary Way in Sutton Bridge at 9.22am on December 16, 2022 when his Vauxhall ...

A Spalding man faces jail after he admitted carrying out a third house burglary in a two month crime spree. Paulius Strabeika, 27, was remanded into custody earlier this year after he pleaded guilty to two domestic house burglaries in Lincolnshire during July. Sentence on Strabeika, of Holbeach Road, Spalding, was adjourned after he was charged with another domestic house ...

A Spalding man has been fined £3,500 for selling hacked TV equipment and other counterfeit goods. Luke David Arons (43), of Winsover Road, pleaded guilty to a host of charges dating back as far as 2018 and has been sentenced at Lincolnshire Magistrates Court.The court was told he’d got rid of £9,622 from his bank accounts for selling IPTV (internet ...

An inquest into the sudden death of a previously healthy 19-year-old was told she faced a catalogue of issues with health care. A coroner ruled Holly May Maxwell, of Spalding, died due to natural causes from having sepsis, influenza, pneumonia and COVID-19 days before Christmas last year.But the inquest at Boston Coroner’s Court was told she visited her GP surgery ...

The mum of a 20-year-old motorcyclist who died in a hit and run says she’s ‘relieved’ an appeal by the person who killed her daughter to shorten his jail sentence has been thrown out. Shane Kelk, 28, of no fixed abode, left Amy Cooper lying in the road on New River Gate, Holbeach St John’s on November 13 last year.Amy, ...

A Long Sutton man who was jailed for drugs offences has been ordered to give up over £2,000 in criminal cash and three mobile phones. Martin Norman Portass, 48, was jailed for two years and eight months after he pleaded guilty to supplying cannabis and cocaine in May 2019. A Proceeds of Crime hearing at Lincoln Crown Court was told ...

A Spalding man has been remanded into custody after he admitted carrying out two house burglaries in Lincolnshire and he was charged with a third offence in Essex. Paulius Strabeika, 27, is due to be sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to two domestic burglaries in July this year. Strabeika, of Holbeach Road, Spalding, admits stealing household items ...

A Gedney woman whose mum, step-dad and sister were killed by a drug driver out on parole has launched a campaign calling for reform. Summer Mace already has nearly 10,000 signatures for her petition, ‘Justice for Lisa Carter, Paul Carter and Jade Mace’.All three were killed on Sunday, January 15 when a BMW driven by Aurelijus Cielevicius at 96mph on ...

A Spalding man who admitted throttling his partner during a controlling relationship and then tried to get her to withdraw a police complaint was today (Friday) jailed for 15 months. Thomas Parr, 25, of Pinchbeck Road, Spalding, began a relationship with the woman after being released from prison in June this year, Lincoln Crown Court heard. Jon Dee, prosecuting, said ...

Three shops in Spalding face closure orders in court tomorrow. Lincolnshire Police is tomorrow (Thursday) asking Lincoln magistrates to carry out the action on Easy Shop in Station Street, Europe Store in Holbeach Road and Nasza Biedronka in Sheep Market. The closure order can be imposed for a maximum of three months. The action was carried out on two shops ...

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court over charges in relating to using threatening behaviour against a woman, including using an imitation firearm. Damien Latouche (32), whose address was given as in Leeds, appeared at Lincoln Magistrates Court on September 21.He’s been charged with possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, assault ...

Four people, including two from South Holland, are to face a six-week trial for their parts in an alleged long-running fraud. Catherine McGreggor (58), and Andrew Rendell-Read, (also 58), both of Broadgate, Weston Hills, appeared at Lincoln Crown Court this week.Also in the dock was Kristina Cady (32), of Keats Avenue, Grantham, and Catherine Pierson (33), of Farnborough, Hampshire.McGreggor and ...

Things went from bad to worse for a Spalding resident who tried to distance himself from a heated row at home. Bryan Holland got into a vehicle while over the alcohol limit and immediately collided with a neighbour’s parked Audi A6 car.Holland’s solicitor, Stuart Wild, told Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday: “Mr Holland’s intention was to drive a relatively short ...

A Holbeach man who cut his former partner’s neck with a piece of broken mirror will be sentenced after a judge decides if he is dangerous. Kristian Butcher, 31, admitted a charge of Section 18 wounding after injuring the woman during a protracted assault on June 3 this year. Butcher, of Spalding Road, Holbeach, had gone back to the victim’s ...