Courts

A Pinchbeck man has been charged with burglary of commercial premises in the village. Marcus James Roberts-Fogerty (30), of Bridgewater Lane, is accused of burgling DP Packaging in Northgate on May 25. He will appear before Boston magistrates on June 24.

A man who threatened three people with a 25cm bladed knife was jailed for 12 months on Friday. Joshua Lake had earlier been involved in a heated argument with his partner at their home. Later when friends of his partner arrived at the property Lake turned his attention on them before the incident attracted the attention of neighbour Keith Steadman, who went ...

A Spalding teenager is due to appear in court charged with an alleged assault in Holbeach on Monday (May 25). Thanasi Greenfield (19), of Havelock Street, is said to have assaulted a 20-year-old man in the Fleet Road/High Street area of Holbeach around 12.40pm. Greenfield will appear before Boston magistrates on June 17. Police would like to trace a couple who were ...

A Spalding salon director says her trust in people has been rocked by a hairdresser who stole money from the business. Ashleigh Hubbard used a card machine to make refunds of customers’ payments to her own bank account. She denied stealing £808.10 from Oasis Beauty Hair and Day Spa, but was found guilty during a trial at Boston Magistrates’ Court ...

A Spalding man who admitted photographing himself sexually abusing a toddler has been jailed for seven years. Peter Fox (62) was originally arrested after he was caught taking indecent photographs of young girls at Heckington Show. He was given a community order with a condition he complete a sex offenders’ treatment order for those offences but at the time he was detained computers and ...

A coach driver from Saracen’s Head has been given a suspended prison sentence for breaching tachograph regulations. Bevin Beckley (42), who was working for Prestige Coaches at the time of the offences, admitted five breaches of regulations and was given a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years and £500 costs. Leigh Robbins (52), trading as Prestige Coaches, of Pethley ...

A Latvian man has denied carrying out three burglaries on the same day in Spalding. Dmitrijs Afanasjevs (28) is alleged to have committed three burglaries within a mile of each other around Spalding on January 9, this year. During the first burglary it is alleged Afanasjevs stole an iPad and docking station, cables, headphones, cameras, mobile phones and purse with ...

A banned driver who gave a false name when he was stopped by police has been jailed at Lincoln Crown Court. Nathan Lake attracted the attention of officers in Holbeach because of the state of his vehicle. Andrew Scott, prosecuting, said that Lake claimed to be his step brother Adam Reaney and was given a form to produce his documents ...

A Quadring man has been jailed for more than five years after taking part in a terrifying gunpoint hold-up at a village post office. Luke French and Jake Webster carried out the attack on the Post Office at Colsterworth, near Grantham, but were foiled when the postmistress pressed the panic alarm button. Gordon Aspden, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said both ...

A professional HGV driver who tried to use a false Polish licence to work has been jailed for eight months. Wieslaw Jozef Gruca (51) tried to obtain a counterpart for a British driving licence from the DVLA in Swansea after sending them a false driving licence which he received from his native Poland. Gruca was convicted of possessing a false ...

A Gosberton man who admitted assaulting his ex-wife twice has been sentenced to nine months in prison. Daniel Holyoak (31) twice broke a non-molestation order which prevented him from approaching his ex-wife, Georgina, after their relationship broke down. On the first occasion, Holyoak caused bruising to Georgina’s leg when he kicked her as she collected the couple’s two children from ...

Four men have admitted causing a public nuisance after police were called to an illegal rave. Kyle Perrot (19), of Nursery Close, Long Sutton, Ashley Box (20), of Daniels Crescent, Long Sutton, Luke Onslow (22), of Gedney Drove End, and Sam Curtis (22), of Gate House, King’s Lynn all pleaded guilty to a charge of public nuisance when they appeared ...

A Spalding resident has been jailed after causing the death of a “popular” Cowbit motorcyclist when he overtook in foggy conditions. Edvinas Maciulevicius (25) was late for his job as an agency driver when he tried to overtake a lorry on the A16 Cowbit bypass. Lincoln Crown Court heard Maciulevicius was at the wheel of a left-hand drive car, which ...

A Spalding woman attacked her mother smashing a glass tumbler onto her head. Jane Rowle had been drinking with her mother Penny Harris at their home in Halmer Gate in the town before an argument broke out. Phil Howes, prosecuting at the Lincoln Crown Court hearing today (Thursday), said Rowle threw a phone and in response her mother slapped her. Rowle then ...

A homeless man who was assisted by an old schoolfriend in his time of need went on to break into the property of the man who helped him. Damien Baker was allowed to pitch his tent in the garden of the home of Gary Scott when he had nowhere else to live. Andrew Vout, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said ...

A Spalding driver has been warned he faces jail after admitting causing the death of a motorcyclist on the A16. Edvinas Maciulevicius (25), of Piccard Drive, Spalding, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Marcel Banom by dangerous driving on the A16 at Spalding on March 12, 2014. Mr Banom (37), of Peak Hill, Cowbit, was on his way to work at ...

A Spalding tradesman who overcharged a vulnerable pensioner by £10,000 has been warned to expect a jail sentence. Ben Webb (24) overcharged dementia sufferer Margaret Jackson (75) by 1,000 per cent after offering to carry out work on her home. Lincoln Crown Court heard was told Webb carried out a small amount of work on Mrs Jackson’s roof worth no more ...

A 16-year-old boy was on Tuesday remanded into the care of the local authority after being charged with the murder of Spalding man Warren Free. The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is the sixth teenager to be charged with the murder of Mr Free (42). The boy is also accused of perverting the course of justice by ...

Detectives have charged a sixth juvenile with the murder of Spalding man Warren Free. The boy, whose age has so far not been released by police, is due to appear at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court this morning and then Lincoln Crown Court later. Police said: “Of the seven juveniles arrested in connection with Warren Free’s death, six have now been charged ...

A man who admitted possessing over a kilo of cannabis has narrowly escaped prison. Ricky Moore (24) was caught with the drugs after police executed a search warrant at his girlfriend’s home in Black Prince Avenue, Market Deeping. Lincoln Crown Court heard officers found 373 grams of cannabis in the living room. It was contained in various carrier bags and ...