Crime

Police have issued CCTV images of two men they want to talk to about thefts in Surfleet. A red mountain bike and a damaged 42in TV were stolen from outside a property in Reservoir Road at 2.20am on Bank Holiday Monday (May 2).  Police said outboard motors were stolen from boats moored at properties in Reservoir Road and Seas End Road  during ...

Marc Jones is the new Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner. The Conservative candidate takes up his £65,000 post on Thursday (May 12) after winning yesterday’s election. Mr Jones polled 48,033 across the county, more than 10,000 ahead of UKIP candidate Victoria Ayling (37,420). Labour candidate Lucinda Preston gained 25,475 votes and Daniel Simpson (Lincolnshire Independents) 18,497. It was a fairly ...

A teenaged man has been charged with drink-driving after a car hit a house in Spalding. Mantas Radajevas (18), of West Elloe Avenue, Spalding, is said to have had 142mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 80mg. The incident happened on March 20 in Winsover Road, near its junction with Park Road. Radajevas is due to ...

A 33-year-old man has appeared in court after a robbery at a Spalding bookmakers. Police launched an investigation after the incident at one of Ladbrokes’ shops in Spalding town centre on Thursday morning. Craig Walling, of St Matthews Close, Holbeach, was charged with the robbery, during which £500 was stolen. He has also been charged with possession of a Class ...

Cash was stolen during a robbery at a Spalding town centre bookmaker’s shop this morning (Thursday). Police said a man got away with “a quantity of cash” in the incident just before 10am. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: “The suspect is described as a white man, aged 20-25, with short hair, facial stubble, and a light moustache. “He was wearing jeans ...

Police are still appealing for anyone with information regarding the murders of Liz and Katie Edwards in Dawson Avenue, Spalding, to come forward. Officers want to speak to anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the area between noon on Wednesday, April 13 and noon on Friday. DCI Martin Holvey, of EMSOU Major Crime, who is leading the enquiry, said: ...

Community leaders have urged people to pull together and “keep talking” to find a way through the tragedy of a double murder on their doorsteps. Ward councillor for St Paul’s Pete Williams said residents were closing ranks against the spotlight of the national media, which they believe are trying to paint the area as the nation’s capital for murders by ...

Friends and family have paid tribute to murdered mum and daughter Liz and Katie Edwards. Elizabeth’s partner Graham Green posted a picture on Facebook at the weekend, saying: “The lady meant the world to me. She was my rock and I was her ‘grumpy Graham’ And Katie, so young, lots of good times in front of us. RIP Liz, you ...

Two 14-year-olds accused of the murders of a school dinner lady and her 13-year-old daughter were on Monday (April 18) remanded into secure youth accommodation following a hearing at Lincoln Crown Court. The girl and boy are accused of the murders of Elizabeth Edwards (49), and her youngest daughter Katie Edwards (13), whose bodies were found on Friday at a semi-detached ...

Friends and neighbours have left floral tributes and teddy bears on the lawn of a home where a mother and daughter were killed. Two teenagers, both 14, were due in court this morning charged with murder, following the discovery of two bodies in a house in Dawson Avenue, off Royce Road, Spalding, on Friday. The two victims have not yet ...

Police have confirmed they are treating two deaths in Spalding yesterday as murder. The bodies of two people were discovered at a house in Dawson Avenue, off Royce Road, just after 12.15pm. Forensic investigations continue at the scene. The names of the two victims have not yet been released as family members are still being made aware. Two people have been arrested ...

A paedophile who carried out an horrific sex attack on a young girl has been jailed for 26 years. Judge John Pini QC sentenced John MacPherson at Lincoln Crown Court under a rarely used section of the 2003 Criminal Justice Act which means he will not be freed, as is normal,  when he has served half of his sentence and ...

Lincolnshire residents will elect the county’s second Police and Crime Commissioner on May 5. The four-yearly event will find a replacement for Alan Hardwick, who is not standing for re-election. The role of the PCC, which carries a salary of £65,000, is to be the voice of the people and hold the police to account. Their duties include: secure an ...

Police have expressed annoyance and frustration at legislation which enables two Spalding shops caught with thousands of smuggled cigarettes to freely continue selling licensed goods. Karwan Ahmad had his premises licences for Baltic and Winsover revoked by South Holland District Council after the criminal activity was uncovered last December. Electronic hides behind false walls had been created at Baltic to ...

Almost half of recorded hare coursing incidents in Lincolnshire over the past six months occurred in South Holland. More than 2,000 calls for service by Lincolnshire Police were made during the traditional hare coursing “season” (September 1 to March 31) – up 120 per cent up on the previous season. Police say that is broadly in line with what other local forces have experienced. ...

Spalding Police want to return these two bikes to their rightful owners. The bikes were hurled into Vernatts Drain, near Two Plank Lane, in Spalding at about 3pm on Easter Monday (March 28). An off-duty officer saw it happening  and the youths were arrested on suspicion of theft and later bailed. Police said: “One bike is a blue Apollo Envy ladies’ ...

Police  have issued a CCTV image of a woman who they want to trace following an assault and theft at a Spalding supermarket. The woman is alleged to have left Sainsbury’s with a basket of high value items and assaulted a member of security staff by closing a door on his arm. The incident happened at about 7.15pm on Tuesday, March 22. The suspect matches ...

Hundreds of tonnes of fly-tipped rubbish have been cleared thanks to an ongoing multi-agency project utilising prisoners. Operation Fly Swat has dealt with more than 5,000 jobs since its inception four years ago. And it’s led to £300,000 worth of fly-tip clearance in South Holland and Boston being achieved for just £60,000. Boston Borough Council oversees the scheme, and the ...

A Fleet Hargate man has been given a suspended jail sentence for child sexual abuse and making and possessing indecent images of children. Paul Spector (50) was given a ten-month sentence suspended for two years and a two-year supervision order. He has also been placed on the sex offenders’ register for ten years. Spector pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault of a ...

Lincolnshire Police has released updated details of its enforcement activity with hare coursing. Operation Galileo is ongoing but the hare coursing season traditionally runs from September to March. Since September 1 last year, there have been 176 men arrested or reported for summons. Ninety three other men have been dealt with by other enforcement action such as Direction to Leave, ...