Crime

A man has been charged with two counts of possessing an imitation firearm after someone was reported as having what looked like a gun in their back pocket in Spalding town centre yesterday (Monday) morning. Kacper Malkiewicz, 21, of Cross Street, Spalding, has been bailed to appear at Boston Magistrates Court on June 19. It follows police raiding a property ...

Neighbours were told to stay indoors and town centre streets were closed as police arrested four men after a man was reported to have been seen with a gun this morning (Monday). At around 11am a number of police cars descended on Winsover Road and Short Street. The police helicopter and dog unit were also in attendance. Their activity centred ...

The public have given a pensioner a birthday to remember by pledging to reimburse the £500 she had stolen in a mugging in Spalding just a few days before. Mum and daughter Tracy Wolfe and Millie Gent launched the public appeal after their mum and ‘nan’ Carmen (67) had £500 snatched from her in Market Place shortly after 10.30am on ...

A Crowland man was handed a Criminal Behaviour Order last week after being found guilty of numerous breaches of a Community Protection Notice in the town. South Holland District Council applied for the Order against Peter Woods following a string of reports about him causing harassment, alarm and distress to members of the public in Crowland, ignoring several formal warnings from ...

A police officer who has fought anti-social behaviour in South Holland has received a Chief Constable’s Commendation Certificate at an awards ceremony in Lincoln. PC Craig Lockton joined the Metropolitan Police in 1999 and transferred to Lincolnshire in December 2003. He was posted to South Holland where he has worked between Spalding and Holbeach until the present day. PC Lockton ...

Lincolnshire has the second highest amount of crack cocaine and opiate addicts in the East Midlands, according to government estimates. Lincolnshire has an estimated 3,669 addicts, second only to Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands, which has an estimated 4,292 addicts. A spokesman for addiction treatment experts UKAT said: “Worryingly, these figures don’t even include anyone using cocaine in powder form, ...

A prolific thief with 48 previous convictions has been jailed for two years after a masked robbery in Spalding town centre.   Matthew Dye covered his face in a bid to disguise his appearance before he walked into the Nottingham Building Society in Sheep Market in the town and demanded cash, Lincoln Crown Court heard today.   Phil Howes, prosecuting, said “He ...

A dispute between two families led to a 26-year-old Holbeach woman sending a threatening and abusive message, a court has been told. Claire Marie Houghton of Allison Avenue, Holbeach admitted to sending a grossly offensive and menacing electronic communication when she appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Marie Stace said that on October 5 last year, a voice mail message ...

Over 140 chicks, 60 of which were dead, have been found dumped in Tydd St Mary. They were found in North Road on Saturday, April 13. It follows a similar incident were 26 chicks were found dumped in Newton, Cambridgeshire. Justin Stubbs an inspector for the RSPCA, says they believe the incidents are linked. “It is very unusual to have ...

A warning over a potentially lethal batch of ecstasy drugs known to be in South Holland has been sent out. Lincolnshire County Council officers have tweeted warnings over the drugs which have the image of the Marvel character The Punisher’s logo on. The tweets link to a music website called Rave Jungle which warns of the ‘extremely potent’ pill. Simon ...

An 18-year-old was taken to hospital after being stabbed following an assault at Spalding Skate Park yesterday (Tuesday) evening. The incident happened shortly after 5pm at the open space just off Holbeach Road. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “At 1708hrs on 23 April 2019, our officers were called to the skate park on Holbeach Road, Spalding to a report ...

A police sergeant was assaulted as he helped fellow officers arrest a Sutton Bridge man at his home. Graham Paul Day kicked Sgt Dan Brigginshaw and brought his handcuffed hands up to the officer’s throat, Boston Magistrates’ Court heard today (Wednesday). The arrest came after police attended the property in Withington Street at 12.30am on March 10, following a call ...

Community football club Spalding United Youth have had fantastic support after vandals caused hundreds of pounds of damage to their main West Pinchbeck pitch causing some games to not go ahead. But an online appeal to raise £500 to cover the costs of the damage found at the Leaveslake Drove ground on Saturday hit its target in just hours. The ...

South Holland District Council has successfully prosecuted two more proven fly-tippers, continuing its campaign to tackle the tippers in the district. Earlier this month, Shaun Harvey, of Kinderly Road, Wisbech, admitted fly tipping. He dumped a large load of tree cuttings in West Road South, Gedney Hill and was seen by a local resident. After pleading guilty to the offence ...

A 26-year-old man from the Spalding area is in a stable condition after a road crash that killed three people in Peterborough in the early hours of Sunday. Cambridgeshire Police say the man, who has not formally been named, was driving a Ford Ranger the wrong way down a slip road at Fletton Parkway when involved in a head-on collision ...

A mobile app set up to combat modern slavery has led to 25 reports in Lincolnshire in just six months. South Holland is one of the areas highlighted in the data map created by the Safe Car Wash app. The app, developed by The Church of England group The Clewer Initiative, launched in June 2018. The idea behind the app ...

Thieves have damaged the front of Crowland’s Co-Op attempting to rob an ATM machine using a fork lift truck and a 4×4 in the early hours of this morning. The incident occurred shortly after 2.30am with damage having been sustained to the West Street shop’s front door. However the store’s shutters appear to remain in tact and Lincolnshire Police believe ...

A 63-year-old Lithuanian who faces possible deportation after being found unlawfully with knives in Sainsbury’s had a history of offending in his home country The Voice can reveal. However The Home Office has refused to say what previous convictions Kestutis Kisielius has after he was led away from Boston Magistrates’ Court in handcuffs on Wednesday April 3, despite being given ...

A senior investigation officer with Lincolnshire Police has praised the family of Kevin Nix and said the woman who killed him had shown “no remorse”. Alison Skingsly, of Thames Road, Spalding, was cleared of murder but convicted of the manslaughter of the 46-year-old Kevin Nix and sentenced to ten years in prison. The incident took place on 24 June last ...

A Spalding woman who killed her partner when she drove for 200 metres with him clinging to the bonnet of her car before braking sharply was today (Fri) jailed for ten years.   Mum-of-two Alison Skingsly, 43, claimed she suddenly applied the brakes on her Peugeot 307 to avoid a pigeon.   But a jury rejected her defence and found her ...