Courts

Police searching a man from Spalding found a drug he had forgotten about, a court was told. Wayne Dunne claimed he had been given the amphetamine when he was drunk. The 49-year-old, of Nene Court, pleaded guilty to possession of the amphetamine at Spalding Police Station. Paul Wood, prosecuting at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, said: “He found himself in ...

Deliberately putting false information on invoices has cost a Weston Hills gardener £635 in court. Andrew Surman did gardening work at the homes of two people but agreed to state on 12 invoices totalling £6,760 that it was carried out at their workplace. The offence came to light as police investigated an alleged £800,000 fraud at VBC Instrument Engineering concerning ...

Two men who came to Lincolnshire to hare course together have each been handed £6,655 bills in court. Darren Lee, 26, and Ronnie Doherty, 21, were the first people to be convicted in the county under new and tougher legislation introduced last year, magistrates in Boston heard on Wednesday. The pair were ordered to pay an equal share of £11,144 ...

The trial of a Spalding man allegedly involved in a fraudulent investment scheme has today (Tuesday) begun at Lincoln Crown Court. Christopher Toynton, 73, of Horseshoe  Road, Spalding, denies 12 fraud charges and one offence of contravention of the general prohibition on carrying out a regulated activity. The prosecution allege Toynton was the manager and sole company director of the Lottery Syndicate Club ...

A Donington man who dragged a lone woman off a Spalding street with the intention of carrying out a serious sexual assault on her was today (Friday) jailed for four years and one month. Kamil Gziut (30) was also sentenced to a three-year extended licence period following his release from custody after a Judge at Lincoln Crown Court concluded he ...

Two men who robbed a Long Sutton petrol station after the cashier was assaulted with a pair of pliers were today (Friday) jailed for a total of more than 11 years.  Robert Barnes (31) was jailed for six years and four months, and Connor Tierney (26) was sentenced to five years imprisonment after they were caught on CCTV as they ...

A football supporter from Holbeach is among a group banned following trouble on New Year’s Day. King’s Lynn hosted Boston for the match which saw trouble at its ground, The Walks, involving fans from both sides.Nathan Stubley (30), of Marshland Drive, Holbeach, received a three-year match ban and 100 hours’ unpaid work as a result.A total of 16 people were ...

A Spalding man found to be in possession of a locking knife in Peterborough city centre has been jailed for ten months. Plain-clothed officers were on patrol in Peterborough city centre on Monday morning (February 20) when they came across a pair acting suspiciously in North Street. Daniel Smith, 41, was seen to try to pass something to a woman, ...

A teenager from Weston was told by a judge that he had “blown” his promising career for a drug high. Eighteen-year-old Tristan Chapman was caught drug-driving with two illicit substances in his system. The result of the conviction is that he has lost his apprenticeship job with a local electrical firm. Chapman was pulled over near his home in Broadgate, ...

A driver from Holbeach who told police he had just taken cocaine in his car has kept his licence. Aaron Mason was parked on the side of Foxes Low Road in the road with the Kia Ceed’s enginerunning. Police were suspicious about what the 23-year-old was up to and saw white powder all over thecentre console. Boston Magistrates’ Court heard ...

A Holbeach man who carried out a stabbing on the town’s High Street after a pub altercation was today (Tuesday) sentenced to four years in a young offenders institution. Joshua Marshall, 20, was found near Gedney after crashing his car into a ditch during the early hours of August 28. Lincoln Crown Court heard Marshall and the victim, ex-soldier Charlie ...

A man has been jailed after he was found selling illegal cigarettes at a Spalding store having previously been convicted of doing the same in Boston. Haiman Fatah Mohamad, 36, of Waveney Close, Spalding was convicted after nearly 100,000 illegal cigarettes were seized by police and Lincolnshire Trading Standards. Back in 2016, he was handed a suspended sentence after being ...

A Spalding man faces life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the murder of Vincent Markham and setting a fire which destroyed his home. Samuel Church, 36, of Acacia Avenue in Spalding, was due to stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court today (Thursday) after previously pleading not guilty to murdering Mr Markham, 52. However Church entered a guilty plea to ...

Door staff intervened when a suspected drink-driver hit a lamppost as he parked in front of a Spalding bar. Just before 10pm on January 28, a Mercedes was seen being driven by Edvinas Kasparavicius towards Bentleys Bar in New Road. Prosecutor Lottie Tyler told Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday: “As the defendant approaches the venue he’s driven around the mini ...

A homeless man who took pillows and a duvet from a wheelie bin at the back of a Holbeach charity shop has appeared in court. Benjamin Chapman, who now lives in Spalding’s Carrington Road, originally faced a burglary chargeafter damaging a shed door at Chosen in High Street. But at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday that charge was withdrawn and ...

A 43-year-old man has been jailed for a year after burgling a Pinchbeck business. Shane Boyton, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to burglary with intent at Carpets 2 U in Creswell Close on January 29. A laptop was taken from the business along with keys to a van. The van, which contained a satnav and tools, was also stolen. ...

A suspected drink-driver didn’t stop after colliding with a lorry on an A16 roundabout, a court heard. And when police pulled over the vehicle, driver Harry Dye (34) assaulted an officer as he was beingarrested. A member of the public had dialled 999 as she followed Dye from Spalding to Sutterton on January23, witnessing near misses with oncoming traffic and ...

A repeat Holbeach drink-driver has been banned for three years after crashing in Gedney Dyke last month. A Land Rover left Roman Bank and careered through two fences before coming to rest on the driveway of a house. Prosecutor Shelley Wilson told Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday that driver Joshua Swepstone (26) told police at the scene that he was ...

A sex offender who failed to attend court on the last day of his trial was today (Thursday) jailed for three years. James Wray, 43, was convicted in his absence of two charge of sexual assault against a child by the jury at Lincoln Crown Court. Wray, formerly of Quadring Road, Donington, was later remanded in to custody to await ...

A Holbeach man who admitted possessing indecent images of children after police seized three devices from his home was today (Wednesday) given a suspended jail sentence. Officers seized two laptop computers and an iPad after going to the home of Paul Williamson, 46, in Hall Hill Road during 2021. Lincoln Crown Court heard Williamson was arrested and initially made no ...