Crime

A police officer who was shot in the mouth during an armed siege and his colleague who administered first aid have been nominated for national police bravery awards. Pc Steven Hull and PC Karen Irving were among officers called to Chapelgate in Sutton St James on January 31, 2012, to reports of a gun being fired. A man, later identified ...

Police investigating the theft of a vacuum cleaner from a Spalding store have issued CCTV images of a man they wish to trace. The theft happened around 9.15am on Saturday (October 11) at Beale’s department store in Market Place. A man entered the shop and removed a grey and yellow Dyson DC50 cleaner from the electrical department on the first floor. After ...

Police are investigating after a burglary at a Spalding sandwich shop and attempted break-ins at two other town centre businesses over the weekend. Damage was caused at Daisies flower shop in the Crescent during Friday night when burglars attempted but failed to get inside. Also during Friday night, there was an attempted break-in at J F Inkley’s in Vine Street, but again no entry ...

Two men have been charged with three offences each as part of a police crackdown on burglaries in Spalding. The offences alleged to have been carried out by Dimitrijs Afanasjevs (27) and Pawel Placzkiewsicz (26) are all said to have happened during little more than a two-week period last month. The two men – both formerly of Spalding and currently in custody – ...

Detectives are investigating a break-in at a convenience store in Holbeach in the early hours of Tuesday. A haul of cigarettes was taken during a raid on One-Stop Shop in West End at 2.50am. The area was cordoned off while a forensic examination was carried out. Lincolnshire Police are appealing for witnesses to get in touch by calling 101, quoting incident 29 ...

A former Spalding man has been charged with eight counts of indecent assault and one of attempted buggery. John Edward Bates (67), who now lives in London, was due to appear before magistrates at Grantham this morning (Monday, September 15). The alleged offences were committed between 1979 and 1983 in the Spalding area.

The father of murder victim Warren Free says the family has been overwhelmed by a collection held in the Spalding neighbourhood. On Tuesday, David and Norma Elms handed over £500 which had been raised in a door-to-door collection on the Royce Road estate and in a bucket collection at Late Shopper and Jack’s Fish Bar in nearby Holbeach Road. A ...

Spalding Police’s clampdown on burglaries in the town has reaped rewards – including two further arrests on Tuesday night. Police carried out 25 stop/searches around the town as part of Operation Bonus. And news of the results of comes with an apology from Spalding’s community policing inspector to innocent people who were put out by his officers’ efforts. Insp Jim Tyner said: “Inevitably, many ...

A Spalding shopkeeper has been sentenced to a six-month conditional discharge for selling food labelled in a foreign language. Mr Weshyar Sadiqi (32), of Kubus on Sheepmarket, pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the sale of food items that were not labelled in English at Boston Magistrates’ Court last week. More than 60 Polish-labelled products were uncovered in an ...

  Shocked neighbours of Spalding murder victim Warren Free have rallied round to raise hundreds of pounds for his young son. A door-to-door collection on the Royce Road estate on Sunday raised over £400 and lots more cash has flooded in to buckets at Late Shopper and Jack’s Fish Bar in nearby Holbeach Road. As detectives try to establish who ...

Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Spalding. It happened just after 1am on Sunday (Sept 7) as the 26 year-old victim was walking home in the Pennygate area. He was attacked from behind and punched in the face. He suffered bruising and cuts to his face and received treatment at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston. Anyone with information should contact Lincolnshire ...

A woman has admitted charges of theft and assault arising out of an incident in Spalding. Zena Lunness (35)had been due to stand trial in front of a jury at Lincoln Crown Court but changed her pleas before a jury was sworn in. Lunness pleaded guilty to assaulting Sarah Smith causing her actual bodily harm on August 14, 2013. Lunness, ...

The injuries which killed Spalding man Warren Free are as yet “unascertained”. An inquest into the 42-year-old’s death was opened at Boston Enterprise Centre on Wednesday afternoon. During a ten-minute hearing, South Lincolnshire coroner Prof Robert Forrest outlined brief details about the circumstances surrounding Mr Free’s death at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham on Friday, August 29. He said the ...

  The detective leading the Spalding murder inquiry has given an exclusive interview to The Voice. In it, Det Ch Insp Martin Holvey updates viewers on the case and gives reassurances about the case progress: Go to our Facebook page where the video made on Wednesday afternoon is posted : www.facebook.com/pages/The-Spalding-South-Holland-Voice/655704924465940

A driver who was spotted drinking alcohol in his stationary car at 7am was found to be almost twice the legal limit.  Police received a tip-off from a member of the public about a man in an Audi A8 with personalised number plates, Boston magistrates heard on Wednesday. When Deividas Druciunas drew off from Sheep Market in Spalding, police followed ...

A couple married for more than 60 years have been forced to live apart after a carer stole £20,000 from their bank account. Rodney and Lily Crowder trusted Caroline Davis so much they gave her their bank cards and the pin numbers to their accounts so that she could withdraw cash to do their shopping. Davis started to take out ...

A top councillor says motorists who throw cigarette ends out of their vehicle should be banned from driving. South Holland District Council cabinet member Gary Taylor believes some people do not actually know it’s an offence to litter from a vehicle window, including discarding cigarette ends. He said: “They see it as a natural act to dispose of it, after ...

Residents will have an opportunity to speak to Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Alan Hardwick, when he visits Spalding next week. Mr Hardwick will be visiting the Spalding Estates Community Policing Panel on Wednesday, September 10. The meeting at the Baptist Church Hall, Swan Street, begins at 6.30pm.

A pair of cats have been tortured for fouling near their home, claims their devastated owner. Jara Backer says two-year-old Rennie’s face was burnt with a lighter and he had a part of his tail skinned. And Rennie’s brother James was left bleeding after having a bag of cat faeces tied tightly to his tail – a “clear message” from ...

Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick paid a visit to Spalding on Tuesday to talk to residents and shoppers about the force. It was part of a community engagement event by Spalding Police in Sheep Market. Local officers were joined by the Roads Policing Unit, officers featuring in Channel 5’s Police Interceptors series (which is focusing on Lincolnshire), dogs ...