Courts

Readers of The Spalding and South Holland Voice reacted with anger and surprise at news that the 15-year-old couple who murdered Spalding mum and daughter Liz and Katie Edwards have appealed their minimum 20-year sentences. Lawyers acting for the teenagers, who were 14 at the time of the killings in April last year, argued that the sentences were “manifestly excessive” ...

Two South Holland men who were the subject of arrest warrants after not answering bail have been dealt with in court. Aron Findley Duff, of Queens Road, Spalding, and Craig Johnson, of Batemans Close, Gedney, failed to appear before magistrates on May 3 and arrest warrants were issued. Both men appeared before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Friday (May 5). Duff ...

The senior health and safety manager at the Lincolnshire hospital trust which is on trial following the death of a patient has told a court that the fatality would have been less likely to have happened if the manufacturer had issued a safety notice following a previous incident involving the equipment.   The jury at Lincoln Crown Court has heard that a ...

A man who carried out a scam involving red diesel fuel, evading a liability of duty for £3,229, has been given a suspended jail sentence. Marius Legavicius used cat litter to remove the red dye from the diesel fuel which carries a significantly lower level of excise duty. He was then able to sell on the fuel as ordinary diesel fuel. Andrew Scott, ...

Operating instructions for a lifting hoist involved in the death of a hospital patient did not tell users not to remove a pad by lifting it off its bracket, a jury heard.   John Biggadike died in 2012 when he fell while in a lifting hoist at Boston Pilgrim Hospital and was impaled on part of the equipment.   Mr ...

A Spalding resident is facing charges of assaulting two men at Pinchbeck factory Greencore Food-To-Go. Kamil Dudek (21), of Harveys Close, is said to have beat Marcin Nieroda and Lauris Brikmans on April 4 this year. Dudek is also accused of, on the same date, possessing a weapon designed to discharge pepper spray and maliciously wounding March Nieroda. Dudek appeared before Boston ...

A tractor driver facing three charges relating to damage to a vehicle in a road traffic accident and failing to stop has had his court case adjourned. Peter Chapman (61), of Glenside South, Pinchbeck, is said to have committed the offences in Knight Street, Pinchbeck, on July 30, 2016. He is charged with driving a tractor without due care and attention and, having caused injury to ...

A man who stole two bottles of suncream worth £29.98 from Savers in Hall Place, Spalding, has been given an 18-month conditional discharge. John Terrence Harding (45), of Cobgate, also pleaded guilty to assaults to Alice Brencs and Melanie Dixon in the store. He was ordered to pay £50 compensation on each charge. He admitted breaching an 18-month conditional discharge imposed on July 7, 2016. No ...

A Spalding resident caught drink-driving on the A17 at Holbeach has been banned for 18 months. Ionel Costache, of Westlode Street, was driving a Citroen Picasso on April 1 with 60 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. Appearing before Boston magistrates on Wednesday, the 48-year-ld was also fined £350 and ordered to pay ...

A Holbeach man accused of assault has been remanded on bail until his next court appearance. Appearing before magistrates in Boston on Wednesday (May 3), Scott Berry, of Branches Lane, denied a charge of beating Katie Harron on April 17. The case was adjourned for trial on June 13.  

A Spalding resident has been fined £200 for stealing groceries from Sainsbury’s. Appearing before magistrates in Boston on Wednesday (May 3), Martin Beale, of Kingfisher Court, pleaded guilty to stealing goods worth between £300 and £500 between December 2016 and March 18 this year. He was also ordered to pay £200 compensation.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 22-year-old Spalding resident. Ingus Podnieks, of London Road, is accused of stealing seven bags of Nescafe Gold Blend, worth £28 and belonging to Aldi, on April 10 this year, and two containers of Optimum Nutrition, worth £40 and belonging to Holland and Barrett, on March 15 this year. He failed to surrender ...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 47-year-old Pinchbeck man charged with drink-driving. Kurt Sands, of Wimberley Way, failed to surrender to bail at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. He is accused of drink-driving in Queen Street, Boston, having no insurance for a Peugeot 206 and driving otherwise than in accordance with his licence. All offences are said to ...

An arrest warrant for a 32-year-old Gedney man has been issued. Craig Johnson, of Batemans Close, is accused of damaging an e-cigarette worth £69 in Holbeach on April 9 this year. Johnson failed to answer bail at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (May 3) and a warrant for arrest without bail was issued.

An arrest warrant for a 32-year-old Spalding man has been issued. Aron Findley Duff, of Queens Road, is accused of stealing two bottles of wine, total value £7.98 and belonging to Aldi, on April 10 this year. He failed to surrender to bail and appear at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (May 3) and a warrant for arrest without bail was issued.

A Moulton woman has been fined £301 for failing to give police the details of a driver alleged to have been guilty of an offence. Beverly Jane Thompson (53), of High Street, also had her driving licence endorsed with six points and was ordered to pay £85 costs and £30 to fund victim services. The incident related to a Peugeot vehicle and ...

A Holbeach teenager accused of driving without due care and attention has had his case referred to a full court hearing. Jack Keeble (17), of Barrington Close, is charged with the offence while in a Vauxhall Corsa in Church Street, Holbeach, on September 30, 2016. Keeble was not present when the case came before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (May 2). The case is ...

A hospital patient who died when he fell while in a lifting hoist and was impaled on part of the equipment was described to a jury as “a lovely gentleman”.   Kelly Baker, who was working as a health care assistant at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, at the time of the fatal incident in 2012 described John Biggadike to the jury at Lincoln Crown Court ...

The owner of two Staffordshire bull terriers which attacked another dog and its owner on a footpath has been given a suspended jail sentence.   The two Staffies escaped from the garden of owner Benjamin Copeland’s home and were running loose along the path in Tydd St Mary when they pounced on a Boxer dog out for a walk with her owner Derek Hall.   ...

A former pillar of the community in Crowland has admitted making almost 600 indecent images of children. Peter Bird was on Crowland Parish Council until recently and stood for UKIP in the 2015 South Holland District Council elections, polling 903 votes in the Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas ward. Appearing before Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (April 27), he pleaded guilty ...