Crime

South Holland Police are appealing for information after a report of an approach to a pupil at University Academy Holbeach yesterday (Tuesday, October 6). The incident happened at around 8.20am in Park Road in the town. A social media post from South Holland Police, said: “Officers are investigating a report of a student being approached by a man on Park ...

A quantity of what is believed to be crack cocaine has been found by a member of the public in Carter’s Park in Holbeach. The Voice understands it was found in a children’s play area in the park last Friday morning A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “We received a call at 10.34am on September 25, reporting that drugs had ...

Five police officers were injured while trying to break-up an illegal rave in Holbeach St Marks at the weekend. Police arrested four people for violence or drugs offences when they were called to the event in the early hours of Sunday.Around 200 people were at the rave on the outskirts of the village. The police officers received minor injuries as ...

A Spalding charity shop has been left with a bill running to thousands of pounds after it was broken into and damaged this week. The Sense shop in Station Road was hit just two days after The Barber Shop was also broken into.Cash and donated items were taken from the charity shop, which was also damaged and ransacked in the ...

Police teams remain in Cowbit searching for the body of a murdered teenager.Cambridgeshire police have been in the Barrier Bank area looking for the body of Bernadette Walker whose parents were charged with her murder.The search team has been looking in areas around the River Welland.Sarah (37) and Scott Walker (50), both of Century Square, Peterborough were remanded in custody ...

Police are searching the Cowbit area in relation to a missing 17-year-old whose parents were charged with her murder yesterday. Cambridgeshire Police has been covering the area around the River Welland and New Cover Drove to the north and west of the village for the last two days. A spokesman for the police force confirmed the search is in relation ...

A husband and wife are ‘heartbroken’ after their truck and much of their equipment were stolen in the third theft targeting their ‘dream job’ in four years. Tony and Mandy Caley of T&M Gardening Service say they spent the inheritance from the passing of Tony’s mum to replace equipment following thefts in 2017 and 2019. But they woke up yesterday ...

A female motorist has been stabbed by a passing cyclist in Spalding. Lincolnshire Police haven’t said what time the incident occurred occurred today (Saturday), but have said the woman was waiting in traffic at the Winsover Road level crossing when the incident happened. Police say they’re looking for a group of teenagers after one of those cycling past stabbed the ...

Police were seen searching a Holbeach Park on Sunday night (September 6) after a spate of incidents within hours. Three incidents were reported in the town within hours. Incident 440 refers to the theft of beer and an assault at the Co-Op in Fleet Street. Police say they now believe the man responsible had previously stolen beer from the same ...

The son of murder victim Claire Hart and their sister Charlotte have appeared on national television as part of an awareness campaign. Luke and Ryan Hart have spoken publicly about the domestic abuse which culminated in their father Lance killing both women in the car park of Castle Sports Complex. He took his own life in the same incident. Luke ...

A family who look after an allotment taken on as a retirement present say their enjoyment of it has been spoiled by crime. After going on a waiting list, Tim Smith was given a plot on Horseshoe Road in Spalding as part of a retirement present. Tim says the whole family love getting involved in the land for which there’s ...

A man has been banned from Spalding town centre and contacting council staff after a spate of anti-social behaviour including drinking in the street. Matthew Bellerson received the interim injunction from the County Court at Lincoln last week after a judge ruled that his ongoing anti-social behaviour and threats of violence posed a significant risk of harm to staff of ...

A group of youths carried out a series of terrifying street robberies during a four day crime spree, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Tuesday). Ethan Nicholas Brown, together with two accomplices, targeted lone people out at night in Spalding as they drove around the town looking for victims. Brown and a 16-year-old boy then assaulted and robbed their targets ...

An appeal has been launched to find two people involved in a brawl at a Spalding pub in July. The incident happened at The Lincolnshire Poacher pub in Double Street at 10pm on Saturday, July 4, A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “We would like to speak to these men, who may have information about an incident in Spalding. “A ...

Police have issued a warning over a spate of thefts of GPS equipment from farmers in South Holland. They include the taking of such systems from a farm in Donington overnight on Tuesday, August 8. Members of the Farmwatch community have been urged to be vigilant.A message from Colin Abbotts, PCSO for Spalding Rural North, states: “Can all Farmwatch members ...

Three people have been injured amid violent scenes in the streets of Long Sutton on Friday night. Lincolnshire Police say they were called to an ‘altercation’ in West Street which then continued in Trafalgar Square at about 8.30pm. A police spokesman, said: “One man in his 30s and two teenagers received non-life threatening injuries. “They were treated at the scene ...

Three men fled a stolen car after police stopped it on Friday night (July 31). Police pulled over the blue Fiat Punto on Low Road at 11.35pm after it had been reported stolen while the owner was at a party earlier that evening. The occupants fled the scene after being pulled over, the police said. A spokesman said: “The vehicle ...

A bench installed and paid for by volunteers to allow somewhere peaceful for NHS staff to sit down has been destroyed – but another group has stepped in to help The Vernatt’s Volunteers who look after the Vernatt’s Nature Reserve put in the two benches 18 months ago at the back of the Johnson Hospital in Spalding But one of ...

Police are investigating after an alleged assault by doormen, a purported video of which has been shared widely on social media. An 18-year-old male was left injured following the incident reported at Bentely’s establishment in New Street at 12.30am on Sunday, August 2. A 17 second video purported to be of the incident outside the venue has been shared numerous ...

A family who’ve saved several animals from the slaughterhouse were left distraught this morning after they found one of their pet goats had been decapitated. Stuart and Rachel Roberts made the horrific discovery this morning at the Rangell Gate home near Low Fulney where they keep a number of animals. After Stuart found a pool of blood, the severed head ...