Courts

Two men who were caught after police found over 240 cannabis plants worth up to £200,000 at a Holbeach farm were today (Friday) given suspended jail sentences by a judge. Officers raided Millbank Farm on May 22, 2020 after removing a yale lock, Lincoln Crown Court heard. David Eager, prosecuting, said Harvey Tyler (23), whose role was to water the ...

A disqualified driver who fled the scene after causing the death of a 20-year-old motorcyclist was today (Friday) jailed for eight years and three months. Shane Kelk, 28, left Amy Cooper lying in the road after ringing up his girlfriend and asking her to pick him up, Lincoln Crown Court heard. Kelk, of no fixed address, admitted a string of driving ...

A woman who thought she’d spotted potential burglars checking out her street ended up in court for harassment. Sophie Collins (37) called 999, believing she was doing police and her Deeping St Nicholas neighbourhood a favour asthere had been recent thefts from homes. But her threatening behaviour towards the two occupants of a van – standing in the middle of ...

Eight independent and grammar schools suffered losses of over £350,000 and had to cancel their trips after a travel company director failed to tell them his ATOL protection had lapsed. Marcus Buckley-Bennion, 64, was given a 16 week suspended jail sentence and disqualified from being a company director for fours years by a judge at Lincoln Crown Court. The court ...

A court case involving a Weston Hills man allegedly making 19 false invoices has been adjourned. Andrew Surman (46) appeared before magistrates in Boston on Wednesday. He’s charged with making a false instrument – namely 19 invoices that billed for gardening work atindustrial units operated by VBCIE with the intention that they were accepted as genuine. The offence is said ...

A Holbeach drink-driver stopped by police in Whaplode had a knuckle duster in his pocket. Chris Downes (54) was in an Audi A3 in High Road on January 6, magistrates in Boston heard onWednesday. He provided a positive breath test, said prosecutor Shelley Wilson. “At that point, he reached in to a trouser pocket and took out a silver knuckle ...

A Spalding resident accused of dealing with about £140,000 cash, which was criminal property, has been sent for trial. Alexandru Tanase (39), of The Wende, is charged with acquiring a credit balance of £140,680.04 in a NatWest account on April 19, 2021. He is also accused of making a series of bank transfers to various recipients amounting to £137,202 between ...

A domestic cleaner has admitted stealing jewellery worth £5,000 while working in a home. The two rings taken by Aimee Ward belonged to Nicola Jowett, Boston Magistrates’ Court heard onWednesday. Ward (37) also admitted stealing a chain and four rings, of an unknown value, belonging to NeilGreswell from a home in the Boston area. She pleaded not guilty to two ...

A man who was found guilty of dealing cannabis on the streets of Spalding was given a suspended jail sentence by a judge. Modestas Stasys, 22, of London Road, Spalding, was searched by police after being stopped on October 26, 2020. Lincoln Crown Court heard Stasys was found to have 13 one gram deals of cannabis hidden in his buttocks. ...

The owner of a Gosberton car wash has been handed a Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order (STRO) for five years following a joint investigation by Lincolnshire Police and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA). Lincolnshire Police was granted a five-year Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order against Sherwan Sahdi, aged 36, who runs Super Shine Hand Car Wash on Spalding Road in Gosberton, by ...

An inquest has been opened surrounding the death of a man on Christmas Eve. Nigel Alan Varley died following a collision with a lorry at Deeping St Nicholas between the village where he lived at Hop Pole around 11.17am on December 24. Lincolnshire Police said at the time of the incident he was pronounced dead at the scene. The inquest ...

A paedophile caught by a police sting operation was today (Tuesday) jailed for two years and nine months. Peter Worthington, 63, became involved in conversations with the two officers after they entered a chatroom called “true nudist.” Julia King, prosecuting, said the two officers were posing as a father and son, with the boy said to be aged just 11-years-old, ...

An imprisoned Spalding man faces another court appearance upon his release. Aron Duff (38) is charged with possession of heroin in the town on November 22. He failed to appear at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday as scheduled. It was then established that he had been jailed for 18 weeks before Christmas for another matter. The possession case against Duff, ...

Police who found cocaine on a Holbeach resident were told he’d spotted it outside a Tesco branch. Officers had pulled over a BMW vehicle just after 1am on December 23. Driver Vadims Sobolevs (36) was searched and a small bag of white powder, later confirmed to bethe class A drug, was found in his pocket. Lottie Tyler, prosecuting at Boston ...

A woman who admitted smacking a child with a spatula so hard that it broke was today (Tuesday) given a suspended jail sentence at Lincoln Crown Court. Carrie Lawrence, 62, formerly of Dozens Bank, West Pinchbeck, pleaded guilty to a single charge of child cruelty between October 2016 and March 2017. Lawrence, who now lives in Spain, was sentenced to ...

A residential support worker who began a relationship with a 15-year-old girl in a Lincolnshire children’s home was today (Friday) jailed for five years and four months. Andrew Geeson, 27, of St Margarets, Quadring, progressed to a full sexual relationship with the vulnerable teenager after she turned 16. Lincoln Crown Court heard Geeson continued with the relationship despite warnings from ...

A killer who murdered one man and tried to murder another in Spalding was previously jailed for the manslaughter of a police officer, it can now be revealed. Wayne Rule, 46, was jailed for nine years after admitting the manslaughter of policeman Jon Odell, 30, who he struck when the officer was carrying out a speed check in Margate, Kent, before ...

A Spalding man faces life imprisonment after he today (Wednesday, January 4) pleaded guilty to murdering one man and trying to kill another. Darren Kirk, 52, died from a stab wound to the chest following an incident at a property in Cygnet Court on 20 December 2021. Wayne Rule, 46, of Cygnet Court, Spalding, had previously denied murdering Mr Kirk. ...

A man has appeared in court on numerous charges relating to a road traffic collision that killed a Whaplode Drove woman. Amy Cooper died as a result of injuries sustained in the incident on New River Gate, Holbeach on November 13. Shane Kelk has appeared at Lincoln Magistrates Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving, causing death while driving ...

A Spalding man has been banned for driving under the influence of drugs. Deivydas Rocys, 20, of Hillary Close, who admitted the offence, was stopped on the A16 Surfleet Roadon September 18 and found to be over the limit for cannabis and to have cannabis in his possession, forwhich he had already been given a conditional discharge. He was said ...