Crime

A homeless man who was assisted by an old schoolfriend in his time of need went on to break into the property of the man who helped him. Damien Baker was allowed to pitch his tent in the garden of the home of Gary Scott when he had nowhere else to live. Andrew Vout, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said ...

Six youths have denied murdering Spalding man Warren Free. Two girls aged 15, two boys aged 15, a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy all entered not guilty pleas during a 40-minute hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday. They are all charged with the murder of Mr Free (42) on August 29 last year. The 16-year-old boy and one of ...

Holbeach United co-manager Graham Drury has been found guilty of criminal damage and using threatening behaviour. The charges arose after Drury (43) and son Jordan – who was under a restraining order – forced their way into a house near Grantham. At Grantham Magistrates’ Court last Thursday, Graham Drury was given a restraining order against three people and ordered to ...

A Polish national who “blighted” Spalding has been deported. Dawid Szumlanski (28) was removed from the UK on January 13 under an Administrative Removal order. Szumlanski will be unable to re-enter the UK for at least one year. Community Inspector Jim Tyner said: “Szumlanski blighted Spalding with his persistent street drinking and he was also convicted of shop theft during the ...

Games consoles, laptops and games discs were stolen during a burglary in Spalding. Police are appealing for information about the incident which happened at a shop on Westlode Street between 7.30am and 10am on Wednesday (January 28). The thief got into the shop by smashing the glass in a door at the back and stole an assortment of games consoles, laptops and ...

Sound equipment has been seized from a home in Long Suttton following complaints from the public. Officers from South Holland District Council’s Environmental Protection team were supported by officers from Spalding Police to execute a warrant at a property in Seagate Terrace, on Thursday, following concerns about noise from members of the public. As a result a quantity of sound ...

A unique project urging people to shop drink drivers received more than 180 texts over Christmas and New Year. The figure has been revealed as part of Lincolnshire Police’s festive drink-drive campaign statistics, which resulted in 71 drivers arrested for the offence. More than 1,233 breath tests were administered where drivers had not been involved in an accident and a ...

A Spalding driver has been warned he faces jail after admitting causing the death of a motorcyclist on the A16. Edvinas Maciulevicius (25), of Piccard Drive, Spalding, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Marcel Banom by dangerous driving on the A16 at Spalding on March 12, 2014. Mr Banom (37), of Peak Hill, Cowbit, was on his way to work at ...

Children as young as ten are being trained to be part of gangs which go door to door trying to rip off residents. By the time these young people become adults they are already experienced in “doorstep crime”, often employing a wide range of criminal tactics to avoid being caught. The way doorstep criminal gangs are operating within Lincolnshire are ...

A man is due to appear in court today (Monday) charged with two burglaries in Spalding last Friday. Dimitirjs Afanasjevs (27), of no fixed address, is accused of the offences in Pecks Drove and Low Road.  He was arrested and kept kept in custody until his court appearance.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a car’s tyres were slashed in Spalding. The damage was caused to a Mercedes in Banks Avenue, possibly on New Year’s Eve. It is the latest in a series of similar incidents that have been reported in the Chestnut Avenue, Willow Walk and Albert Street areas, with at least five vehicles having tyres damaged over the ...

A 16-year-old boy was on Tuesday remanded into the care of the local authority after being charged with the murder of Spalding man Warren Free. The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is the sixth teenager to be charged with the murder of Mr Free (42). The boy is also accused of perverting the course of justice by ...

Detectives have charged a sixth juvenile with the murder of Spalding man Warren Free. The boy, whose age has so far not been released by police, is due to appear at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court this morning and then Lincoln Crown Court later. Police said: “Of the seven juveniles arrested in connection with Warren Free’s death, six have now been charged ...

Christmas presents, cash and a mobile phone were stolen during a burglary in Donington.  The burglary in Cowley Road is believed to have occurred between 10am and 6:15pm on Sunday, December 21. Community Policing Inspector Jim Tyner said ‘There were two burglaries in Donington in November.  Detectives are pursuing active lines of enquiry but at this time we don’t believe the ...

Police were compelled to visit a home on Monday night after a woman dialled 999 because her partner had shouted at their cat. The bizarre call was made from an address in Holbeach, and officers were duty-bound to attend because the call was abandoned. Such calls are always treated as a crime in progress. At the home, officers found an ...

Spalding United player Lewis Webb is facing Christmas in prison after drink-driving while banned from the roads. The midfielder – who turned 25 today (Wednesday) – was also driving without insurance. He was jailed for eight weeks, disqualified from driving for three years and ordered to pay £80 as a victim surcharge. Webb was joint captain of the Tulips last ...

A lorry driver struck a colleague with a metal bar following a dispute over a spilled cup of coffee. Terry Townsend challenged Robert Smalley (59) after discovering the spilled drink in his cab at the Mark Goddard Transport depot in Moulton Seas End. Phil Howes, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday, said Townsend grabbed Mr Smalley and was pushed ...

Two further juveniles have been charged with the murder of Spalding man Warren Free (pictured), bringing the total to five. The two boys will appear before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court this morning (Tuesday) and are then expected to appear at Lincoln Crown Court this afternoon. Lincolnshire Police said: “Of the seven juveniles arrested in connection with Warren Free’s death, three have ...

Two children accused of the murder of Spalding man Warren Free were on Tuesday (Dec 16) granted conditional bail by a judge at Lincoln Crown Court. The boys, aged 14 and 15,were charged earlier this week bringing the total number of teenagers accused of the murder of Mr Freer to five.  The older boy also faces a charge of perverting the course of justice. Both ...

Police in Spalding  investigating the theft of a customer’s phone from a shop in Market Place have issued a CCTV image. The theft happened on Thursday, December 4, in Peacocks’ store. The owner of the phone put it on a clothes rail while shopping at around 10am. She walked away, forgetting to pick it up and when she returned a short ...