Courts

A Tongue End resident has appeared in court accused of fraud. Krzysztof Zaja (38), of Everard Road, is said to have submitted a false document on October 14, 2016, intending to make a gain, namely obtaining a full English driving licence for himself. Zaja appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court on June 7 and pleaded not guilty to the charge. He ...

A 78-year-old Spalding man has been banned from the roads for 20 months after being caught more than twice the drink-drive limit. Michael Stuart Edwards, of Parkside Crescent, was arrested in St Thomas’s Road, Spalding, on May 6. He had 77 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. Edwards pleaded guilty to driving with ...

A Spalding man charged with fraudulent evasion of income tax during a four-year period has had his case sent for trial. Jonathan Peter Warfield (39), of Sharman Way, appeared before magistrates in Lincoln on Tuesday (June 13). He is said to have committed the offence between April 6, 2011 and April 5, 2015. The charge was brought by the Specialist ...

One of the two 14-year-olds who murdered Spalding dinner lady Liz Edwards and daughter Katie (13) last year was Kim Edwards, Liz’s second-eldest daughter. Reporting restrictions have been lifted by judges at the Court of Appeal so the identities of Kim and boyfriend Lucas Markham – both 14 at the time of the killings in April 2016 – can be ...

A former South Holland District Council employee and his wife died in an apparent suicide pact, probably prompted by her poorly condition. The bodies of Sean and Mary Lawson, who both died from asphyxiation, were found at their home in Rugby, Warwickshire. An inquest heard that an email which Mr Lawson (50) had sent to police with a time delay ...

A banned motorist caught at the wheel while three times the drink-drive limit has escaped an immediate jail sentence. Arturs Eversons (31), of Walnut View, pleaded guilty to driving in Albert Street, Spalding on May 13 with 110 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. Appearing before magistrates in Lincoln on June 1, Eversons ...

A Gosberton Risegate man has started a prison sentence after admitting assaulting a woman. Darren Paul Matthews, of Sheppersons Avenue, was handed a six-week term seven days after beating Megan Parr on May 24. He was also ordered to pay £50 compensation. Appearing before Boston magistrates on May 31, Matthews (45) also pleaded guilty to: taking a car on May ...

A Deeping St Nicholas man accused of having 71.5 grams of cannabis with intent to supply has been remanded on unconditional bail. Luke Hugh Perry (19), of Cornfield Close, is said to have been in the possession of the class B drug  in St George’s Avenue, Stamford, on November 20, 2016. Perry appeared before Boston magistrates on May 31 and ...

The daughter of one of the many elderly burglary victims targeted in the Spalding area over the past fortnight says her mother will not feel comfortable using a key safe again. Many of those targeted have been burgled using keys kept in coded boxes on the outside of the property, which enable access for trusted people. The daughter (who we ...

A woman accused of having cannabis in Holbeach with intent to supply has changed her plea to guilty. Caroline Kelly Moxon (40), of Moulton Washway, Fosdyke Bridge, admitted the charge surrounding 10.05 grams of the drug on September 19, 2016. She had previously denied the offence but before Boston magistrates on May 26 Moxon entered a guilty plea. She was ...

A former Crowland parish councillor who admitted viewing indecent images of children has been  jailed for eight months.     Peter Bird, 72, was caught after police executed a search warrant at his Crowland home in October.     Lincoln Crown Court heard officers attended at the property after receiving information that an IP address belonging to Bird had downloaded a ...

A wedding goods supplier who defrauded a number of customers after failing to declare she was a bankrupt has been jailed for 18 months.   Amanda Vines (48) was made bankrupt in March 2014 but continued to run an internet business supplying items for weddings, Lincoln Crown Court heard.   Mark Knowles, prosecuting, said Vines was a self employed sales ...

The owners of a Spalding care home have appeared in court accused of breaching health and safety regulations following alleged incidents involving residents.     Apex Care Ltd face three charges of failing to carry out the provision of residential care in a way that ensured the safety of residents was not put at risk.     The charges, brought ...

A Spalding disc jockey who committed sex offences against teenaged girls has been jailed.   Roy Hayes contacted his victims over Skype persuading them to strip and perform sexual acts as he watched. He masturbated while the acts were taking place and recorded the footage.   Hayes (44), of Gaunt Close, admitted two charges of inciting a girl to engage in sexual ...

A Spalding man who was caught with films of child sex abuse has been jailed for eight months.   After police raided his home in Wygate Road, Gareth Oddy (34) admitted to searching for indecent material. Lincoln Crown Court heard Oddy was present when officers carried out the early morning search on January 20, 2016.   Gregor Purcell, prosecuting, said Oddy ...

A 71-year-old man accused of taking a suspicious package into the Lincolnshire Co-op store at Holbeach remains on conditional bail. David James Edwards, of Hallgate, was not at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Friday (May 12) for the case’s latest hearing. It is said that, on January 27 this year at the Fleet Street store, he “placed an article, namely a ...

The person responsible for the day-to-day running of a Spalding shop claims she knew nothing about an “industrial-scale” cannabis farm in the basement.   Karolina Kiminiene told police she was as shocked as anybody about the discovery under Lithuanian food store Krautuvele in Pinchbeck Road. However, at a premises licence review hearing at South Holland District Council on Monday (May ...

United Lincolnshire Hospitals’ NHS Trust face a fine after a jury found it guilty of breaching health and safety legislation following the death of a Spalding patient at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital.   The trust was prosecuted following an incident in July 2012 when patient John Biggadike died after suffering “catastrophic” internal injuries when he was impaled on a lifting hoist ...

A man who robbed a Spalding bookmaker’s of £500 from the till has been jailed for four years.   Craig Walling asked the manager of Ladbrokes in Hall Place if he could borrow £10 and then, without warning, produced a knife.   Lisa Hardy, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court on Friday (May  12), said that Walling, with the knife in one hand, then grabbed hold of the manager ...

A drink-driver who was the subject of an arrest warrant after failing to answer bail has been banned from the roads. Kurt James Sands (47), of Wimberley Way, Pinchbeck, appeared before Boston Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (May 9). He had 40 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath after being stopped while driving a Peugeot 206 in Queen Street, ...