Courts

A former Lincolnshire primary school headteacher caught sexting and arranging to meet someone he thought was a 14-year-old boy was today (Friday) found guilty by a jury at Lincoln Crown Court.James Shawley, who was head of St Bartholomew’s Primary School at West Pinchbeck, until his arrest in December 2019, was caught in a sting operation when he contacted an undercover police ...

A boater has been fined almost £1,000 for leaving his boat unregistered on the River Glen in Lincolnshire. Simon J Brand, of Station Road, Surfleet was convicted in his absence by Lincoln Magistrates Court and fined £440, with costs of £250, compensation £198.76 and victim surcharge £44. His court appearance was delayed due to the pandemic. Explaining the fine, a ...

A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Spalding man who is accused of failing to supply memorial headstones to his customers. Julian Karl Gaunt, 52, had been due to go on trial at Lincoln Crown Court in April last year – but the hearing was adjourned because of the coronavirus outbreak. It was the second time Gaunt’s trial had ...

A South Holland primary school headteacher accused of sexting and arranging to meet a 14-year-old boy over social media today (Wednesday, May 12) told a jury that he thought the boy was an 18-year-old who was winding him up about his age. James Shawley, giving evidence on the second day of the trial, told the jury at Lincoln Crown Court ...

A Weston man who burgled a Spalding business has been fined £225. Ricky Heaviside initially denied taking two digital cameras worth £800 from Premier PropertyManagement in Swan Street. But the 31-year-old changed his plea after seeing CCTV images and admitted burglary on February 5when he appeared before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court today (Wednesday). Prosecutor Paul Wood said Heaviside was working with ...

A Spalding lorry driver accidently set himself on fire while burning rubbish in his back garden, an inquest into his death has heard. John Willows (63), of Willesby Road, died of his injuries following the incident which occurred at around 7pm on Tuesday, July 29, last year. The inquest heard that he suffered grade three and four burns – the ...

A driver who had never held a licence was today (Wednesday) jailed after Lincoln Crown Court heard how he drove at 110mph in an attempt to evade police. Tracy Hercules was driving a Mercedes Benz in the Spalding area when a police car approached with its blue flashing lights and siren on. The police vehicle was on its way to ...

A Holbeach driver who ran off after being stopped by police, told a court that he only did so because his friend in the passenger seat had run off and then he congratulated officers for catching him! Terry Fleckney, 34, of Victoria Street, admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said Fleckney ...

A Holbeach woman has been given a suspended prison sentence after magistrates viewed CCTV images of her knocking another woman to the ground and kicking her, in a totally unprovoked attack in a Skegness car park. Donna Maria Pleasance, 38, of St Matthews Drive but who was living in Weston, Spalding at the time, admitted affray when she appeared at ...

A woman who looked after a stash of cocaine for a drug dealer was today (Monday) spared an immediate jail sentence at Lincoln Crown Court. Leah Hurlock, who was described as being addicted to drink and drugs at the time, was arrested after police raided her Holbeach home in May 2019. Jonathon Dee, prosecuting, told the court “During the course ...

A Holbeach man stole money from a friend’s bank account after he had been entrusted with his debit car and PIN number, a court has been told. Andrew Mason, 60, of Balmoral Way admitted committing fraud by false representation when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Emma Cornell said the victim, Philip Smith, and Mason had been friends for ...

A former Spalding man has appeared in court at Boston on historic sex offending allegations said to have taken place when he was between the ages of only 12 and 15 years old. Sean Paul Jeynes, 27, formerly of Braydon Close but now living in Birmingham, faces one allegation of rape of a boy under 13, six allegations of assaulting ...

A motorist has admitted driving while disqualified – but insists she was unaware of the ban and therefore should not be punished. Amber Barnes was stopped in a Nissan Qashqai on the A10 at Downham on February 14. It transpired that she was a banned driver and the vehicle had no insurance or MOT certificate. The 26-year-old, of Custom House ...

A man who had been out celebrating the birth of his friend’s new baby, was arrested after giving a positive alcohol breath test as he drove home. Yordan Ganushev, 41, of Teagans Close, Spalding admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Jim Clare, prosecuting, said that when he was stopped he appeared to be confused ...

A Spalding man who lost control of his car and crashed into a ditch on Christmas Eve, has been banned from driving by magistrates in Boston. Oleg Savca, 41, of Little London admitted driving with excess alcohol. Jim Clare, prosecuting, said Savca’s car was seen travelling at speed at around 5pm, going straight through a crossroads and crashing into a ...

A Spalding area man stopped while driving his BMW car was then discovered to be a disqualified driver, magistrates in Boston have heard. Kevin John White, 53, of Broad Lane, Moulton, who admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance, was also said to be subject to a suspended prison sentence imposed just two months before at Norwich Crown Court as ...

A court has heard that two health professionals were left ‘extremely distressed’ and one had to move home, after a Spalding man sent abusive, threatening and racist emails to them and a Facebook entry to a judge he had been dealing with in the Family Court. George Robert Lee, 42, of Hereward Road was appearing before magistrates in Boston following ...

A man described as having an “horrendous” criminal record plans to leave the district when he has completed his latest jail sentence, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Monday, March 29). Matthew Bellerson’s most recent offences occurred in October last year when he brandished a knife and chased two men from his bungalow home in Pinchbeck threatening to kill them. Neighbours who ...

A convicted sex offender was today (Friday) given a further jail sentence after police discovered he had stayed at a Spalding home where young children were living. Stephen Drury, also known as Stephen Pickering, was on the sex offenders’ register for life and as a consequence was required to reveal his past to the householder. But Drury failed to tell the ...

An ambulance technician has been sacked after entering into a sexual relationship with a married 42-year-old mother who had attempted to take her own life and then died four days later. The inquest into the death of Sarah Marshall heard that Nigel Robinson broke COVID-19 lockdown protocols in April 2020 to visit her home in Allenby’s Close, Sutton Bridge. Mr ...