Crime

Police have released CCTV images of a group they would like to speak to following an assault in Spalding on Sunday morning (February 25) that left a man in a critical condition. The images show three men and three women who police say can help them with their enquiries after an incident that left a 20-year-old man unconscious outside Loaded ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old man was left unconscious following an assault in the early hours of Sunday morning (February 25). The condition of the man was described as “critical but stable” by Spalding Chief Inspector Gareth Boxall following the incident which took place outside Loaded nightclub on Westlode Street in Spalding at around 1am. The man ...

A Spalding man who failed to attend court over charges of assault and intending to supply drugs is being sought by Lincolnshire Police. A spokesperson for the police, said: “A warrant has been issued by Lincoln Crown Court for the arrest of Mitchell Ede, aged 24, from Spalding, also known as Mitchell Jones. “Mitchell Ede failed to appear before Judge ...

A 15-year-old has been arrested after a member of staff at a Holbeach school was assaulted. At 8.50am on Monday (February 19), police were called to secondary school, University Academy Holbeach. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “We responded to a call from this school in Holbeach, to a report that a member of staff had been assaulted by a 15-year-old ...

A Spalding man has pleaded guilty to separate counts of being the owner of a dangerously out of control dog that injured someone. Lewis Judd (20) of Newgate Road in Spalding came before Boston Magistrates Court on Wednesday February 14 over counts relating to an Alsatian. Judd was ordered to pay £974.40 compensation to the victim relating to the charge ...

Patrols have stepped up in two towns plagued by a run of anti-social behaviour, which include hate crimes and vandalism. Authorities have released statements about an escalation in anti-social behaviour in Holbeach and Crowland, with details of “shocking” hate crimes revealed. Police said patrols have been stepped up in both towns in an attempt to stop the trouble. On Thursday ...

The number of abandoned cars reported in South Holland has gone up five-fold in the last five years – and the council is paying the price. Figures obtained by Confused.com through Freedom of Information requests reveal during last financial year, 157 abandoned cars were reported, a sharp rise from 31 in 2012/13. So far this year, 153 cars have been ...

The recent spate of anti-social behaviour in Crowland that includes hate crimes is ‘shocking’, said Lincolnshire Police Inspector Gareth Boxall. In a statement about the town’s troubles, which left a wake of slashed tyres and smashed windows, Insp. Boxall said: “Crowland has suffered an ongoing problem with youth-related anti-social behaviour in the last few months. “In response to this South ...

Crowland residents are being asked to report any incidents of crime right away in a hope to curb a spate of vandalism and theft that last weekend left a trail of destruction in the town. Over the weekend, tyres were slashed, windows were smashed, wing-mirrors were knocked off cars and rocks were thrown through the windows of Crowland Abbey. Councillor ...

A woman, who had drunk “nearly a bottle of wine” the night before, “guessed” she would be over the limit when she drove to her doctor’s the next day, a court has heard. Mercia Jessop-Dring (27) of Stockwell Gate West, Whaplode, admitted driving with almost four times the permitted level of alcohol in her body when she appeared before magistrates ...

The police team which dealt with a brutal double murder that stunned Spalding have been commended at the Lincolnshire Police Annual Recognition Awards. The 13-strong group worked on Operation Leopard, the investigation into the murders of Elizabeth Edwards and her 13-year-old daughter Katie in Spalding in April 2016. The murders were committed by Elizabeth’s 14-year-old daughter Kim and Kim’s 14-year-old ...

A report of criminal damage and intimidating behaviour in Spalding wasn’t reached in time by police due to “dynamic prioritisation”. On January 18, the police received calls about “two men acting drunk and disorderly in public, allegedly smashing a window and showing intimidating behaviour”, a police spokesman said on the day. Shopwatch members mobilised, but the police response time meant ...

Spalding Police have been out to villages in the hope of cutting the numbers of speeding motorists. The police tweeted last week from Tydd St Mary, with a photo of a PCSO operating a speed gun. Spalding Inspector Gareth Boxall said speeding is a big issue for the area. “We get lots of complaints about speeding throughout the district,” he said. ...

In its first recruitment drive of its type in Lincolnshire, the force has received 136 applications to join its ranks as an officer who speaks fluently in more than one language. In December, Lincolnshire Police put out a job advert specifying applicants must be fluent in English and Polish, Latvian or Lithuanian. Now the deadline for applications has come, Lincolnshire ...

Police are appealing for witnesses to incidents at three Spalding pubs. On January 18, a window of The Pied Calf was smashed (incident 323 of 18/01). A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said officers had opened a criminal damage investigation. Police said they received a report about “two men acting drunk and disorderly in public, allegedly smashing a window and showing intimidating ...

When police searched the boot of a Spalding man following a domestic incident, they found what was described as an “excellent example” of an imitation firearm. Shane Simon Lenny Houghton (24), of Delgate Avenue, Weston, admitted possessing an imitation firearm when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said that in the early afternoon of November 4, police ...

A man who demanded cash from a 79-year-old antiques dealer after threatening him with a knife has been jailed for two and a half years at Lincoln Crown Court. The court heard at the hearing on Friday January 19 that defendant Viktors Lahs initially chatted with John Mumford about furniture before suddenly grabbing the antiques dealer by his coat collar ...

Two arrest warrants are out for a Spalding man who failed to appear in two courts. Police want to find Brandon Wright (25), who is wanted on two warrants issued by the courts for failing to appear at both Lincoln Crown Court and Lincoln Magistrates Court in August 2017. Wright, who is originally from the Spalding area, was appearing at ...

An independent business owner has slammed the “mindless and pathetic vandals” who vandalised her Holbeach showroom. Lesley Barnard of Gallery Tiles and Bathrooms on Welbourne Lane East has had to pick up the tab after someone smashed glass windows overnight on Friday, January 12. Lesley came to work the following morning facing a massive clean up job. “It’s mindless and ...

Detectives in Spalding have launched an appeal for information related to a reported GBH incident which took place in the town centre during the early hours of Tuesday, January 16.  A man reported that he received injuries to his face and suffered heavy bleeding, after reportedly suffering serious injuries caused by multiple people. The victim then took a taxi from Spalding to ...