A 38-year-old man has been remanded in custody by Lincoln magistrates on Monday, October 15, charged with murdering his mother.

Kazik Pasierbek shared a house with his 72-year-old mother, Margaret Lynette Krawcewicz, on St Botolph’s Crescent in Lincoln (pictured).

As previously reported, officers were called to house on Friday morning, October 12, after an assault. She was taken to Lincoln County Hospital in a serious condition.

Pasierbek was arrested shortly after, but Krawcewicz died in hospital from her injuries later on Friday.

A post mortem examination carried out on October 13 indicates that the woman died as a result of head injuries.

Pasierbek will appear at Lincoln Crown Court on October 16.

Lincolnshire Police are still appealing for anyone with information about the incident to contact them via the 101 non-emergency telephone number or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

A company manufacturing metal components has been fined after a young worker was seriously injured at its Lincoln factory.

The 20-year-old agency worker suffered a fractured skull and severe facial injuries when the grinding wheel broke on a hand-held grinder he was using.

The wheel was thrown from the grinder and smashed through his visor, striking him in the face. The incident happened in October 2010 at the Tower Works site of Wyman-Gordon Ltd on Spa Road in Lincoln.

The man, who didn’t wish to be named, underwent significant treatment for his injuries, including a five-hour operation to remove a piece of bone which was touching his brain, before further reconstructive surgery could be carried out. He has since returned to work.

A Health and Safety Executive investigation found the agency worker had not been properly trained in the safe use of the hand-held grinder and the precautions to be taken when changing grinding wheels.

The result was that a grinding wheel, which is likely to have been defective prior to use, was fitted to the grinder and subsequently used.

This defect may have been identified had the agency worker received the correct abrasive wheels training. The investigation also found that he was not adequately supervised when carrying out work with the grinders.

Wyman-Gordon Ltd, of Wiggin Works, Holmer Road, Hereford, pleaded guilty and was fined £16,500 and ordered it to pay full costs of £6,178.

After the hearing on Wednesday at Lincoln Magistrates Court, HSE inspector Scott Wynne said: “It is vital that workers who use hand-held grinders get appropriate training in their safe use and in how to change the grinding wheels properly. Most importantly operators need to know how to identify defects.

“Had this worker undergone such training, he may have been able to identify the defective wheel prior to using it.

“This was a preventable incident. Wyman-Gordon Ltd paid insufficient heed to the safety of this worker. As a result, a young man was left with a horrific head injury. He was extremely lucky to escape with his life.”

Source: Health and Safety Executive | Photo: Michell Laurence

David Hereward, 33, from Spilsby, carried the Olympic Torch through Lincoln on June 27

The wife of a Lincoln Olympic torchbearer sold the item for £3,000 on eBay without her husband’s permission but then changed her mind and kept the money from the sale in a bid to save his ailing judo club.

Caroline Hereward was sentenced on Friday at Skeness Magistrates Courts to four weeks suspended jail term, suspended for 12 months. She has to pay £3,003.50 compensation to the eBay buyer and must also stay at her current address for a year.

Mrs Hereward’s husband David was nominated to run through Lincoln with the torch in June because of the good charitable work he did at the club in Spilsby, which has since closed. But when the club fell into debt, she decided that selling the torch would ease the problem and she put it on the internet auction site.

However, the buyer never received the torch after he parted with his money. When police investigated the matter Mrs Hereward was obstructive. She was asked where the torch was. She said she had given it away but shortly after her arrest, it was found at her home on the kitchen table.

In court she admitted fraud committed on or about August 2, 2012, in that she dishonestly made false representations that an Olympic torch was hers to sell when it was not.

In sentencing, the judge said this was a deliberate act with planning and organisation and that the nature of the item involved and the emotions that would be aroused by her actions are the reason for a custodial sentence.

A Lincoln teenager has been jailed for robbery.

Nineteen-year-old Stephen Dent of Beaumont Fee in Lincoln was sentenced to three years in a young offender institute at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday.

Dent had threatened a 22-year-old pizza delivery driver with a lump of wood and stolen cash and vehicle keys in Cosford Close in Lincoln on October 25.

Inspector Nicola Mayo said: “We hope this conviction and sentence demonstrates our commitment to bringing criminals involved in theft and violence to justice.”

Source: Lincolnshire Police

A 71-year-old Lincolnshire man has been found guilty of rape of a child under 13-years-old and taking and making indecent photos of a child.

After a two-week trial, Ambrose Francis Clifton was sentenced to 14 years jail at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday, December 4.

He was was found guilty of rape of a child under 13, causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, and taking and making indecent photos of a child.

Detective Constable David Moxham is from the Lincolnshire Police Operation Emerald team, which specialises in the investigation of sexual offences.

He said: “This has been one of the most distressing cases I have dealt with. The child’s family, quite understandably, have been devastated by the whole episode and are appalled that the trust they placed in Clifton has been betrayed.

“Ambrose Clifton has showed no remorse and continues to deny the offences in the face of the compelling evidence that convinced the jury of his guilt.

“His young victim and their family have been traumatised by the events outlined during the trial.

“I am pleased with the sentence and hope that it will help the family to return to some semblance of a normal family life whilst serving as a deterrent to other like minded paedophiles.”

The victim’s family, which remains unnamed for legal reasons, also commented on the sentencing.

They said: ”We are satisfied with the sentence imposed on Clifton today.

“His conviction after a lengthy investigation and trial gives us as parents relief that our child was supported by the police and the criminal justice system as a whole.

“This has been every parent’s worst nightmare but we now hope to put it behind us and move forward as a family.”

Source: Lincolnshire Police

A gang of six Lithuanian men that ripped lead off the roofs 20 churches across Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire has been sentenced to more than 20 years jail in total.

The men took part in a complex operation causing up to £1 million damage. They targeted churches and ripped lead from roofs during night time raids, which they sold on at scrap yards.

It is estimated that they stole 70 tonnes of lead, which they sold for £70,000, but the damage they caused to the churches was more than ten times that amount.

The group were snared when Lincolnshire Police stopped two suspicious vehicles on the A46 on August 25. Five of the six defendants were present, along with a quantity of stolen lead. All were arrested on suspicion of theft.

The following month, while on bail, two of the offenders were caught and arrested again while trying to weigh in more stolen lead at a local scrap yard.

‘Smart water’ on the lead in the car identified it as from a county church. The rest of the gang were identified through mobile phone records, scrap metal records, scientific evidence, including ‘smart water’ from the metal and DNA from a cigarette butt left on one of the church roofs.

A food vendor at Lincoln Christmas Market 2011 has been fined over £2,200 by Lincoln Magistrates Court after breaching hygiene regulations.

Peter Bowser of Langworth ran a hog roast stall, called Bowser Brothers Hog Roast, in The Lawn on Sunday, December 4 last year.

He admitted to not having adequate and available hand washing facilities for employees, who were handling and preparing large joints of raw meat, placing them into gas fired ovens and slicing the cooked meat and then putting it into bread rolls for customers.

An inspection by the City of Lincoln Council’s Food Health and Safety Manager found the portable unit provided for hand drying was empty.

Plus, the other facility provided for hand washing was a bucket of warm, dirty water with cloths in it, but this had been used by a food handler loading the raw meat into the gas ovens.

Staff serving the food were not witnessed during the inspection washing their hands.

A sample of the water from the bucket was sent to a lab, where it was found to have over 12 million bacteria in it — 40,000 times above the maximum level acceptable for hand washing.

Bowser claimed that the water in the portable unit would not stay warm due to the weather and they just ran out on hand towels.

Inspector Sara Boothright said: “It is of some concern that Mr Bowser had an apparent lack of understanding as to the importance of having good hand wash facilities that were appropriate and available for use at all times irrespective of the environmental conditions.

“The trivialisation of the lack of available hand wash facility and hand drying facilities is, in my view, a demonstration of the paying lip service to an extremely critical food safety requirement.

“The importance on ensuring hygienic hand washing and hand drying in this type of high risk food operation can not be overstated.

“Mr Bowser’s failure to comply with this basic, yet food safety essential was a serious failure with the potential of putting public safety at risk.

“Raw meat can contain bacteria that will cause illness and in the worse case scenario death, such as, salmonella, E.coli and campylobacter.

“It should have been an imperative to ensure that public health is protected that a food business operator, carries out his food business in a manner that any potential risk to health is reduced to an acceptable level.”

Bowser pleaded guilty to one count of not providing adequate hand washing facilities at his stall, and was ordered to pay a fine and costs totalling £2,215.

— Update, January 2013: Bowser Brothers have achieved in June 2012 a renewed Five Star (Very Good) Food Hygiene Award from their Local Authority.

A homeless man who stabbed a friend after a stealing spree in Lincoln was jailed for 10 years by Lincoln Crown Court.

Mark Titley (38) pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of Gary Hayes (44) on April 14.

The pair had argued on their way back from stealing bread and milk from Lincoln County Hospital. During a fight, Titley stabbed Hayes in the chest.

The wound passed through his ribs and penetrated his heart. Hayes collapsed on Portland Street in the early hours of the morning.

A friend who was with the pair, Benjamin Freeston (32), stayed with the victim and called for an ambulance, while Titley walked away.

Titley called the police, hiding his identity, then lied about what had taken place, and also claimed he stayed with Hayes, when actually he left the scene and disposed of the weapon.

T/DCI Martin Holvey said: “Titley repeatedly lied about the circumstances to cover his tracks and give himself a chance of escape – leaving Mr Hayes to die in his friend’s arms.

“A huge amount of work was done by our officers and those of our partners in EMSOU and this case is yet another example of the benefits of our regional collaboration on major crime.

“From a local perspective, we hope our investigation and the subsequent conviction demonstrates our commitment to tackling serious violence in the county.”

A 62-year-old Lincoln man was given a six year jail term with a four year extension for the possession, taking and distribution of indecent images of children.

David Mellor of Walford Drive in Lincoln was convicted and jailed for three years for child abuse charges in 2006 as well as a breached a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.

In January of this year the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre received information about child abuse images that had been uploaded to an image hosting website. CEOP analysed the images and quickly identified a geographical area in which the images were taken. After narrowing down the location, the case was passed to Lincolnshire Police.

Officers from Lincolnshire Police’s Internet Child Abuse Team studied the images closely and managed to narrow the location to a street in the city. Further research led to a single address being pinpointed and the arrest of Mellor.

As a result of this investigation two girls under the age of 13 were safeguarded from contact with Mellor.

DI Sean Baxter said: “We hope this investigation and subsequent conviction demonstrates to people in Lincolnshire how effective we and our partners at CEOP are in terms of tackling this type of crime.

“The expertise of CEOP staff and the local knowledge and determination of our Lincolnshire Internet Child Abuse Team officers has enabled us to put this dangerous sex offender behind bars.

“Perhaps most importantly, it also led to the safeguarding of two young children, who are now living in another part of the country.”

Peter Davies, Chief Executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP), and formerly Assistant Chief Constable at Lincolnshire Police, said: “This case is yet another excellent example of the way specialist officers at CEOP work and support the efforts of police officers around the country who tackle these appalling crimes.

“It also shows the reach of CEOP through our close work with law enforcement and other partners all over the world. Offenders may think their activities are anonymous online but this is simply not the case. They can and will be found and have to face the consequences of their actions.”

A Doncaster man charged with stealing around half a million pounds worth of jewellery, including a heist form a Lincoln jewellers, has been sentences to five years in prison.

David Sydney Stephenson (37) was charged with seven offences across Lincolnshire, including the theft of a £20,000 necklace from James Usher & Son Jewellers in Lincoln on September 11.

He would ask to see rings in display cabinets, usually on low shelves, and as the assistant bent down to reach them, Stephenson would lean over and steal items on higher shelves.

He would still pretend to be interested in buying items, then leave the store claiming he needed to ask his wife about making a purchase.

CCTV images were circulated through Safer Gems, an initiative set up to stop crime in the jewellery trade.

Because of the initiative, Stephenson was spotted in a shop in Birmingham. He was shortly arrested, with three diamond rings in his pocket.

Lincolnshire Police led the investigation, where his thefts amount to just under half a million pounds.

He pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to five year and three months in prison at Lincoln Crown Court.

The Sarga Indian restaurant in North Hykeham near Lincoln has been prosecuted for 14 food hygiene offences, including a mouse infestation, and fined more than £3,000.

Abdul Samad, operator of The Sarga, pleaded guilty at Lincoln Magistrates Court on January 9 to 14 food hygiene offences and one relating to a health and safety failure.

The charges related to a substantial mouse infestation with food items gnawed and others heavily contaminated with droppings and a large hole in the floor giving the rodents access.

There were also problems with poor cleaning throughout the premises including mould growing on chopping boards and in the fridge and freezer, dirty equipment including an extremely dirty tandoori oven, fridge and blood splashed freezer, damaged tiling and flaking paintwork, a chicken defrosting in a bucket and a lack of hygiene training.

The North Kesteven District Council brought the prosecution against Mr Samad after an inspection at the Newark Road restaurant in October 2012.

District Judge John Stobbard heard that since Mr Samad took over the business in 2005, there had been a history of non compliance with food hygiene legislation, with food hygiene notices having been served on him previously.

He said the offences were of a very serious nature, exposing the public who ate at the premises to a significant health risk. However he accepted Mr Samad’s full compliance with improvement notices and guilty plea in mitigation.

At the time of its last food hygiene standards inspection, The Sarga in North Hykeham scored a rating of only one against a standard where five is achieved simply by adhering to food safety legislation.

Cllr Richard Wright, NKDC’s Executive Board Member with responsibility for food hygiene, said: “It is essential that the public has confidence in the quality of all food premises across the District, which is why we are so rigorous in carrying out our inspections.

“We give all our traders continuous support and encouragement to help them improve their businesses and maintain standards, but at the same time we do not hesitate to take enforcement action where circumstances warrant it, as in this case.”

Flies and dirt were found on food and surfaces at Ye Olde Crowne pub in Lincoln because proprietor Christopher Regan was not adequately trained in food hygiene safety, a court heard.

Lincoln magistrates were told an inspector from the City of Lincoln Council visited the pub on Clasketgate after a complaint had been received about undercooked meat and contaminated salad.

James Ellis, prosecuting, said under new EU regulations Mr Regan was the designated food business operator responsible for food safety management systems and hazard analysis and putting in place procedures to ensure food safety.

“Following the complaint an inspector visited the premises and found the walls, shelves, surfaces and equipment used for food preparation were dirty,” he said.

“Raw meat was stored next to shell fish, there was food past its sell by date, and there were no procedures in place to manage food safety procedures. The premises were given a nought star ranking because standards of hygiene were very poor.

“Under the regulations he had 14 days to comply with improvement requirements, but he was given two months and no improvements were found in later visits by inspectors.”

The court was told that during follow up visits to ensure he had complied with improvement notices, inspectors found the walls and flooring were dirty and flies were found on toast, on the kitchen floor and dead flies on the cellar floor.

Mr Ellis said Mr Regan had completed an online training programme in food safety management but they felt it was unsatisfactory because he had spent four hours and 48 minutes completing an eight or nine-hour course.

Christopher Regan (23) of Witham Wharf, Lincoln, admitted five charges relating to food safety and cleanliness regulations between March 30, 2012 and October 1, 2012.

Jon Payne, representing, said there were no allegations of any illness caused to customers: “Some of the issues were down to members of staff and Regan’s lack of understanding of food hygiene requirements.

“He has since taken measures to make sure the premises are kept clean and he hopes officers will visit again and be entirely satisfied.”

Magistrates said they were concerned that allegations only came to light by chance after complaints were made.

They fined him a total of £2,741 which includes fine, costs and victim surcharge.

Louise Harding, Environmental Health Officer at the City of Lincoln Council, said: “The safety of customers is of the utmost importance to us as a council.

“We have tried to work with Mr Regan to help him to comply with the law but unfortunately there was persistent non compliance with food safety requirements.

“Where this happens the council will not hesitate to take legal proceedings to ensure the safety of the public.”

The owner of two convenience stores in Lincoln has been banned from selling alcohol in the UK after prosecution by Lincolnshire Trading Standards.

Khalid Jasim (28) who runs Mr Jasim’s International Foods on Portland Street and High Street, was found guilty of six offences within Trade Marks Act 1994 by Lincoln magistrates on February 4.

The offences were relating to dealing in illicit tobacco and alcohol.

He pleaded guilty to the offences, and now has to pay fines totalling £1,000, and no longer has a licence to sell alcohol anywhere in the country.

He cited ignorance and inexperience as his defence.

As previously reported, raids were carried out by Lincolnshire Police, HMRC and Trading Standards in 2011 to find shops selling counterfeit produce, and four shops, including International Foods, were discovered to sell contraband goods.

Paul Dolby, senior Trading Standards officer, said: “Lack of knowledge and experience is not an excuse for breaking the law.

“Retailers have a duty to understand how the law applies to them – and how they should follow it to ensure the safety of their customers.

“We’re here to help shop owners follow their obligations. But where they don’t, our crackdown will continue to protect consumers from them.

“Illegally-imported cigarettes and alcohol costs the UK taxpayer more than £3 billon every year, but this isn’t just about lost revenue.

“Our investigations can reveal fake booze and fags that have the potential to harm or even kill.

“That’s why our work is so vital and we will never hesitate to take action against these criminals.”

The family of a pensioner who fractured her leg when she fell in her nursing home in Lincoln have won a £12,000 claim against the home.

Edith Wray was a resident in Morton Court nursing home when she fell off a commode and fractured two bones.

She had been hoisted onto the commode and her family claimed she fell when she was left unsupervised. She was admitted to hospital and had to undergo surgery.

The injury resulted in her being bed bound. While back at the home Mrs Wray suffered a further fracture of the same leg.

Her family alleged she was in pain until she died seven months later of an unrelated illness in December 2010 aged 95.

Lincoln law firm Sills & Betteridge, acting on behalf of her sons Michael and Peter, launched a case against the home’s owner, Lace Housing Ltd.

Lace Housing initially denied negligence in failing to supervise or support Mrs Wray whilst she was using the commode.

Before court proceedings began the company’s insurers settled the case. The family were awarded £12,000.

“We are satisfied that this was settled and we feel we have received some kind of justice for our mother,” said Michael Wray.

“This was never about the money. We felt our mum didn’t get the care she deserved and we expected so we were forced to resort to the law.”

Sills partner Stephen Wilson, who handled the case, said: “Many thousands of families trust the care of their loved ones to professionals, and in many cases that care is by no means cheap.

“They expect a service that ensures their relatives are safe and well looked after. In some cases the standard of that care is rightly challenged and it’s our job to seek justice for the family.”

A jury at Nottingham Crown Court have found two Wisbech men guilty of murdering Lincoln pensioner Sonny Grey.

Rocky Curtis (25) and Robert Holmes (24) were found guilty of the murder of Mr Grey (70) of Westwick Gardens in Lincoln.

Latest: Sonny Grey murder pair sentenced to 54 years jail

The incident happened on October 29, 2011, when three men entered the pensioner’s home, stealing jewellery and cash.

During the robbery, Mr Grey sustained 46 injuries, including serious burns by being scalded with a kettle after the robbers attacked him in his semi-detached council house.

He crawled out of his house in agony and was found later by his granddaughter, Peige Nelson, and Amanda Dow, the daughter of his ex-partner, Evelyn Nelson.

Mr Grey was an ill man, suffering from both heart and lung disease, but these were not thought to contribute to his death.

One of the men believed to be involved in the attack, Tom Curtis (30), was arrested in connection with the murder on December 2011.

He was recalled to prison in relation to other matters and subsequently died. The circumstances of his death are subject to an inquest.

Mr Grey was known to keep large sums of money in his home, and £9,000 was in his house at the time of his attack.

Meanwhile the jewellery stolen would be seen to some as valuable. Some of it is yet to be recovered.

Officers say some of this jewellery is very distinctive and it will be familiar to people in the traveller community.

Mr Grey often wore a number of fairly chunky gold rings, including one with a horse’s head engraving. He also wore quite a thick gold chain around his neck.

Holmes admitted in court that the duo had previously been more than 500 raids, and also stole vehicles and scrap metal across the country.

The defendants will be sentenced tomorrow at Lincoln Crown Court.

Lincolnshire Police Det Supt Morrison said: “This was a brutal attack on a 72-year-old man carried out by vicious thugs who used a horrific level of violence. Mr Grey died in a considerable amount of pain and this has caused his family an enormous amount of distress over that the last year or so.

“We hope this verdict offers them some small consolation that justice has been done and that they may now be able to start moving forward with their lives.

“We also hope that this conviction demonstrates our commitment to tackling serious violence in Lincolnshire and that it sends out a very clear message to criminals operating in the county. We will not tolerate such attacks and offenders will be arrested and put before the courts.

“This was a protracted investigation that required hundreds of hours of analytical investigation work and I would like to praise the diligence and dedication of my team, which once again, has included officers from across the region – further demonstration of the benefits to Lincolnshire of a regionalised approach to tackling major crime.”

How the investigation was carried out

After extensive analysis of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology, along with a painstaking year-long CCTV analysis project, of Local Authority and privately owned CCTV systems, the VW Touareg was identified as the one involved in the offence.

On November 6, 2011 the Touareg was spotted and stopped in the West Midlands area. Thomas Curtis was driving the vehicle without insurance and it was seized under the Serious Organised Crime and Public Order Act (SOCAP).

Eventually officers pieced together the movements of the vehicle on the day of Mr Grey’s death. The ANPR and CCTV data proved it travelled from Wisbech to Lincoln via the A17 and A15 in the early afternoon that day. It then travelled to the Westwick Gardens area where it stayed for a matter of minutes.

The prosecution successfully argued this was a reconnaissance visit. From there the vehicle drove to Newark. The offenders visited an off–licence and went to Tolney Lane – a traveller site on the edge of town.

It returned to Westwick Drive, round the corner form Westwick Gardens at around 6.40pm that night and stayed there for about 35 minutes – the offence was committed during this time period.

Also during this period, a private CCTV system captured three men going towards the scene around 6.40pm and leaving the area at around 7.13pm. The Touareg then travelled to Winthorpe Service Station, on the A46 near Newark. On leaving the service station it headed South on the A1. It is believed it was travelling back to Wisbech.

At the service station vital CCTV evidence shows Rocky Curtis, Robert Holmes and a man believed to be Thomas Curtis getting out of the car and going into the shop. This piece of evidence proved to be vital to the case.

Two men found guilty of the murder of Lincoln pensioner Sonny Grey have been sentenced to a cumulative 54 years of jail.

Rocky Curtis (25) received 28 years in prison, and Robert Holmes (24) was sentenced to 26 years jail.

Sonny Grey sustained 46 injuries, including serious burns by being scalded with a kettle, during the 35 minutes the men spent in the attack at his home in October 2011.

The men also put a ligature around his neck and throttled him. They then ransacked the property, before stealing several items, including jewellery.

Sonny Grey crawled out of his house in agony and was found later by his granddaughter and the daughter of his ex-partner. He died in hospital two days later.

Both men are from Whisbech and admitted to being part of more than 500 raids across the county in the months leading up to Sonny Grey’s murder.

A third man, Thomas Andrew Curtis (30), was arrested in connection with the murder in December 2011. He was recalled to prison in relation to other matters and subsequently died. The circumstances of his death are subject to an inquest.

The judge said that the leader of the attack was most likely Thomas Curtis, which was taken into account when sentencing the other two burglars.

Lincolnshire Police Det Supt Stuart Morrison said: “This is an extremely significant sentence and it will send a very clear message to anyone committing violent crime in Lincolnshire and the rest of the East Midlands.

“This kind of mindless brutality will not be tolerated and we will use the staff and resources of the combined five forces in the East Midlands to bring to justice anyone committing such crimes.

“This was a horrendous attack on a 72-year-old man carried out by vicious thugs who used a horrific level of violence. Mr Gray died in a considerable amount of pain and this has caused his family an enormous amount of distress over that the last year or so.

“We hope this sentence offers them some small consolation that justice has been done and that they may now be able to start moving forward with their lives.”

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A Lincoln man has been jailed for three years for robbing a city shop.

Dominic Alan Norris (32), of no fixed abode, was jailed at Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday.

The court heard he had gone into the Spar shop in Clasketgate in Lincoln on February 25 and tried to leave with a bottle of wine.

When staff stopped him he threatened them with a knife and left the scene.

Norris was arrested by Lincolnshire Police officers and later charged with robbery, possession of a knife in a public place and theft from a shop.

A prolific Lincoln burglar has been jailed for four years after admitting to eight burglaries in the city.

Trevor Lee Barlow (32), of Linton Street in Lincoln, was sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday.

Barlow was charged with one burglary in Hope Street in Lincoln in June last year, but asked for seven other burglaries in the city to be taken into consideration.

Four men from Lincoln were sentenced to two years jail for their part in a vigilante attack on a city man.

Richard James Whittle (31) (top left), Stuart Robert Kisby (22), (top right), Carl Dudley Moore (24), (bottom left) and Ben Matthew Whittle (25) (bottom right), were sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday.

The men beat a 33-year-old local man in May last year, leaving him with a broken cheek bone, broken nose, and he also lost some of his teeth.

Previously, Richard Whittle had allegedly been attacked by an associate of the victim in this case – leading to the loss of an ear.

Instead of reporting this to the police and co-operating with an investigation, Whittle and the other defendants took the law into their own hands and sought revenge.

Lincolnshire Police DC Nick Hakes said the case sent out a clear message to anyone considering taking the law into their own hands:

“If Whittle, as a victim of crime, had reported this to us and co-operated with an investigation, then another man would have been in the dock and justice would have been done.

“Instead, due to the alleged vigilante activity of himself and his associates – they are now in prison,” he said.

“This case sends a powerful message to anyone considering any form of violent revenge. You will be committing a crime and we will put you before the courts.”

Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick and suspended Chief Constable Neil Rhodes were in Manchester’s Administrative Court on Wednesday, regarding allegations that led to the suspension.

Chief Constable Neil Rhodes was suspended by PCC Alan Hardwick on February 25 over matters relating to his involvement in allegations of racial discrimination.

Today in court, Mr Rhodes’ lawyers argued that the new PCC had a “fundamental misinterpretation of the facts”, leading up to the suspension.

According to Neil Rhodes’ lawyers, the dispute centres around a telephone conversation relating to an Asian Muslim lawyer with West Yorkshire Police, in which the Chief Constable gave support over a discriminatory matter, BBC Lincolnshire reported.

It’s claimed that Mr Rhodes had hoped to set up a meeting to resolve the issue.

However, it is alleged by Alan Hardwick that Neil Rhodes knew the claim by the lawyer was false.

Mr Rhodes’ solicitors continued to describe the PCC’s decision to suspend the Chief Constable as “near nuclear” and done either through inexperience or without the appropriate advice.

Meanwhile, Alan Hardwick’s lawyers argued that he was “justified” in suspending Rhodes.

A judgement on the matter is expected on Thursday in Manchester.

Related reports: BBC Lincolnshire, ITV Calendar