Crime and Courts
Hardwick quizzed by MPs about decision to suspend top cop
Two of Lincolnshire highest profile elected policing figures have been probed by MPs at a Home Affairs Committee meeting in Westminster.
2 commentsReported crime trend downwards
Efforts by police to keep Moulton a relatively crime-free area have been praised by the chairman of a panel that monitors its work.
Didn’t recall shop thefts
A homeless woman with mental health problems stole items she didn’t need from shops and couldn’t recall doing it.
3 commentsThieves target satellite receivers at farms
A spate of thefts across South Holland involving satellite receivers normally fitted to tractors are being investigated by police.
Accident: man accused
A man has been accused of traffic offences following the road accident on Bourne Road, Spalding, in which Tim Osborn died.
Not guilty plea to fuel card theft
Refuse collection worker Simon Gilbert pleaded not guilty to stealing a fuel card owned by South Holland District Council.
Police arrest drunk at railway station
Two police officers woke a sleeping man who was drunk at Spalding Railway Station and he started “waving his arms about” in an attempt to strike both of them.
Denies drugs charge
A woman motorist has denied driving in Spalding’s Westlode Street on February 15 while unfit to drive through drugs.
Panel chairman to quit after criticism
The chairman of Lincolnshire Police and Crime Panel is to quit after his handling of Chief Constable Neil Rhodes’ suspension was slammed by MPs.
1 commentTransLinc driver fined for failing to report collision
A TransLinc driver was fined for failing to report a collision when his passenger minibus and a Ford Transit clipped wing mirrors, causing minor damage to both vehicles.
1 commentRaided shed to get money for his rent
A near midnight raid on a garden shed ended in court for a Whaplode man after police caught him walking along the street with a strimmer.
CCTV image released in connection with Spalding robbery
UPDATE THURSDAY 4PM: Police have today issued a CCTV image of a couple they wish to trace in connection with a robbery in Spalding.
5 commentsFilmed friend taking a bath
A voyeur who hid a webcam in a toilet bag to film a friend while she was having a bath has been ordered to pay her £300 compensation.
1 commentPolice boss in spotlight for radio programme
Alan Hardwick’s first six months as Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner will come under the spotlight in a BBC Radio 4 broadcast tonight.
2 commentsBreakdown driver over limit
Police found a driver three times the legal drink-drive limit when his car was broken down at the roadside.
1 commentJobless lorry driver raided ‘red’ at pumps
An out of work lorry driver made off without paying for red diesel in three separate visits to the filling station at Morrisons.
Drinker in moped crash
A provisional licence holder drank four or five pints before crashing his moped into a parked Honda car.
2 commentsCourt Register
The following decisions have been made recently by magistrates at court hearings. In all drink-drive cases the legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood or 107 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine. Addresses of defendants published in these registers are taken from the legal records held by the magistrates’ courts. The details are given to the court by the defendant – but this may be some time after the original charge and they may have moved in the meantime.
3 commentsCampaign to save Spalding Magistrates’ Court video
Leading lawyer Mike Alexander is urging South Holland people to save Spalding Magistrates’ Court from being closed in cost-cutting measures.
Man found dead in lorry at Long Sutton
A 64-year-old man was found dead in the cab of his lorry that was parked in Long Sutton.
BREAKING NEWS: Serious assault on Spalding riverbank
Police are investigating a serious assault on the riverbank in Spalding.
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Video: Taskforce leader set to get to grips with Lincolnshire Police chief constable’s suspension video
A new taskforce has been created to allow the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Panel to ‘get to the bottom of’ the suspension of the force’s chief constable in February.
7 commentsMug shot and blood left at shop break-in
A man with mental health problems committed a jewellery raid described by his solicitor as “one of the most unsophisticated the courts will ever come across”.
Woman made ‘good progress’
Magistrates revoked a community order given to a Spalding woman, Ewelina Stalska, in October last year after the probation service reported she had made excellent progress.
8 commentsCourt adjourns benefit cases
Spalding magistrates adjourned two cases against a man accused of failing to notify a change of circumstances that would affect his entitlement to benefits.
Arrest warrant for court no show
Spalding magistrates issued a warrant without bail for the arrest of a woman who failed to attend court on Thursday.
Special Brew thief handed himself in at police station
A man who fled from Tesco with eight cans of Carlsberg Special Brew might have escaped conviction but handed himself in at Holbeach Police Station.
Video: Uproar as public ‘excluded’ from Lincolnshire Police and Crime Panel meeting video
Members of the public have labelled the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Panel a ‘shambles’ after they were inadvertently excluded from an extraordinary meeting this afternoon.
14 commentsUnlawful killing charge denied
A Latvian man has denied unlawfully killing a Spalding man who died on Christmas Day.
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Court closure will ‘alienate the poor’
Closure of Spalding’s court and sweeping changes hitting Legal Aid solicitors mean South Holland’s criminal law system will be “smashed apart”.
10 commentsParents will be hit by drink-drive ban
The loss of his job with a drink-drive ban will hit a man and his parents because he pays the mortgage on their home, his solicitor says.
4 commentsRetired teacher in her fourth drink-drive case
A retired teacher was banned from driving for three years and fined £700 when she appeared in court on her fourth drink-drive charge.
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Items stolen in Deeping St Nicholas shed break-in
A ride-on mower, rotavator and a large amount of fishing tackle were stolen from a shed in Deeping St Nicholas after a break-in at the weekend.
Cash and jewellery stolen in Spalding break-in
Thieves got away with cash and jewellery after breaking into a house in Spalding over the bank holiday weekend.
Spate of vehicle break-ins in Holbeach and Long Sutton
Motorists are being warned not to leave valuables in their vehicles after a spate of smash-and-grab incidents in Holbeach and Long Sutton areas over the weekend.
3 commentsAccused of begging in a public place
A man of 33 is accused of begging in Holland Market, Spalding, on April 19.
Lock up your lawn mowers
Police are warning residents to lock up their lawn mowers following two raids.
Stole razors ten minutes after being caught for attempt theft
A man stole razors and blades worth £50 from Boots in Spalding just ten minutes after he was discovered trying to steal a kettle from Homebase.
4 commentsPolice boss quizzed at panel meeting
Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick faced questions about his plans to recruit volunteers for the force at a meeting in Weston.
1 commentYouths bailed after serious assault in Spalding
UPDATE FRIDAY 1.30PM: Two youths arrested in connection with a serious attack on two men in Spalding have been bailed until the end of June.
Chief wants 1,000 volunteers
Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick’s bid to have 1,000 volunteers working alongside county police will be launched on Wednesday.
3 commentsStole mobile phone from friend’s house
A young woman stole a mobile phone from her friend’s home and used it to call family and friends.
Bobbies get a ticket to ride on the buses video
Passengers are feeling the helpful arm of the law from Bobbies on the buses.
Ban for driving under influence of drugs
Blood analysis by a forensic scientist proved a Pinchbeck man was driving under the influence of the banned substance ketamine.
1 commentHomeless man was ‘sleeping out’ when he tried to steal
A homeless man with long standing drink problems tried to steal wine in Sainsbury’s by drinking it in the store.
Facing firearm charge
A former Bourne man appeared in court accused of possessing a prohibited weapon, a brass handled firing mechanism, at his old North Street address in December.
£250K asbestos death claim
A bereaved widow who claims her husband was killed by the after-effects of asbestos exposure in the workplace is now battling for £250,000 compensation over her loss.
Police swoops on illegal immigrants
Eleven suspected illegal immigrants arrested at Pinchbeck on Monday are facing questions in a Home Office immigration detention centre.
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Sunday 19 May 2013
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