An RAF engineer has spoken of his disappointment after a pensioner who nearly killed him when she fell asleep at the wheel of her Mercedes car was spared jail.

As reported previously, Karl Hargreaves was left fighting for his life when Mary Crofts, 69, smashed in to his motorcycle just hours after flying back from a holiday to Gran Canaria. He now wants to raise awareness of motorists driving while tired.

Lincoln Crown Court heard Crofts veered on to the wrong side of the road and caused a five vehicle collision after grabbing just a “small amount” of sleep following her return from the Spanish island.

But a judge took the “exceptional course” of passing a suspended prison sentence on Crofts after hearing she was of positive good character and had admitted her guilt.

Crofts, who runs a ship fending business in Billingford, Norfolk, was sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for two years, a two month night time curfew and banned from driving for three years. She was must also take an extended retest and pay £530 court costs.

Speaking after the hearing Mr Hargreaves, who was based at RAF Waddington, near Lincoln, said:

“It is difficult to put into words the impact that this accident has had on my life and I am quite shocked that the driver’s previous good character enabled her to escape prison.

“She consciously made the decision to drive, knowing the impact that it could have, and in doing so has completely changed my life in every conceivable way.

“As an engineer and biker, I led a very full and active life, and that was taken away in a matter of minutes by one irresponsible decision.

“I feel quite bitter about the whole experience, but I’m grateful of support from Minster Law and what it has enabled me to achieve in terms of recovery.

“It’s really important that drivers understand the damage that they can do by getting behind the wheel tired and once it’s done the impact cannot be reversed.”

Mr Hargreaves had said in a previous victim impact statement: “I just need everyone to know this has taken my life away from me. I am not the man I was.”

Minster Law Solicitor, David Sears, acting on behalf of Mr Hargreaves said: “This is another case that highlights the vulnerability of bikers on UK roads and demonstrates the impact of irresponsible driving decisions.

“We’re pleased to have been able to support Karl through his recovery and will continue to do so, but we sincerely hope that the learnings from it will act as a warning for other drivers to prevent future accidents.”

The court heard Crofts was driving back to her isolated Norfolk farm house after making a short stop over with friends when other motorists noticed her Mercedes E320 drifting over the centre white line of the busy A17 at Heckington.

Crofts collided with the back of a highways maintenance lorry travelling in the opposite direction before smashing head-on in to a motorcycle ridden by Mr Hargreaves.

The senior NCO stopped breathing but was revived by passing trauma medic Andrew Hull.

He was then airlifted to the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham where he was treated in intensive care for multiple fractures and a severe brain injury.

Mr Hargreaves, who also enjoyed running and cycling, was eventually transferred to the specialist military rehabilitation unit at Headley Court in Surrey where he learnt to walk again with a stick after the crash left him wheelchair bound. He is still working towards resuming a full time RAF career.

A man who downloaded child porn videos onto his computer has been spared a jail sentence at Lincoln Crown Court.

Tom Weaver was caught after police discovered the films on a file sharing site and traced them back to Weaver’s computer.

David Horne, prosecuting, said that officers raided Weaver’s home in September 2014 and took away his computer to be examined.

“He said he downloaded music and pornography. He said he searched for pornography when he was bored and when he was drunk. He denied having any sexual interest in children.”

Horne said that a total of 46 child porn videos were found on Weaver’s computer some featuring girls as young as four years old.

Weaver, 47, of Crown Hill, Ropsley, admitted possession of indecent images of children and three charges of making indecent images.

Lisa Hardy, defending, said Weaver had only accessed the films on two days describing his activities as “a relatively short-lived binge”.

She told the court: “Until this offence he was of good character. There were a relatively low number of images and there is now suggestion he attempted to conceal them.”

Hardy said that at the time of the offences Weaver was signed off work with depression and had sought help from his GP.

“His alcohol was becoming out of control. He was binge drinking.”

Recorder Nigel Daly, passing sentence on March 14, told Weaver: “You have accepted what you have done and have tried to do something about your underlying problems such as alcohol and depression.

“What I want to do, if possible, is to prevent you doing this sort of thing again. The best way of dealing with you is that which is recommended in the pre-sentence report.”

Weaver was given a three year community order with supervision and ordered to complete a community sex offender group work programme.

He was also given a five year sexual harm prevention order and placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years.

The owner of Lincoln-based Lithuanian Motors had to fork out over £1,000 after waste and tyres from his garage was found fly-tipped on a road outside of the city.

Vitalijus Rybnikovas, 34, of Maximus Road, North Hykeham, appeared in Lincoln Magistrates Court on Wednesday, March 9 after the rubbish was discovered on Somerton Gate Lane in Waddington.

He was charged under the Environmental Protection Act for not checking to see if a person was authorised to accept his business waste and not keeping a written description of it, as well as not preventing the rubbish from being fly-tipped.

The court heard that Rybnikovas normally disposed of his business waste legally, but, when approached by a scrap collector wanting scrap metal from the garage, arranged they would take the general waste and tyres. He stated in interview that this would save him money.

The identity of the scrap collector was not established.

Rybnikovas pleaded guilty to both charges and was fined £480, with costs of £769.77 and a victim surcharge of £24. He admitted that he was to blame and was very sorry.

Councillor Richard Wright, North Kesteven District Council’s executive board member with responsibility for enforcement, said:

“This case highlights how important it is that business owners make sure anyone taking their waste away is not only allowed to do so by law, but doesn’t illegally dump it somewhere instead.

“Fly-tipping is not only illegal, but it causes a blight on the beautiful countryside that residents and visitors to the District have a right to enjoy.”

Last year the authority responded to almost 1,000 incidents of reported fly-tipping, spending nearly £75,000 on its investigation and removal.

Anyone spotting any fly-tipping in North Kesteven can report it online here.

A pensioner faces the rest of his days in prison after he was on Tuesday, March 15 given a 15 year jail sentence for a series of sex attacks on two young children.

Arthur Baddiley, 85, carried out the attacks over 20 years ago but the offences only came to light when one of his victims revealed what had happened to him during counselling sessions.

Baddiley sat in the dock with his heads in his hands as Judge John Pini QC told him: “Your behaviour was wicked and depraved beyond belief.

“Your evidence was repugnant. You are essentially consumed with self regard and oblivious of the impact of your conduct on others.

“There has been a total absence of remorse by you.

“You are now 85 and it may very well be that you will end your life behind bars. If that should happen it is the inevitable consequence of the fact that you have evaded justice for most of your adult life.”

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Baddiley, 84, of Conway Drive, North Hykeham, denied eight charges of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 13.

He also denied four charges of gross indecency on a child under 13. He was convicted of all 12 charges following a trial in front of a jury.

Baddiley had earlier admitted two charges of gross indecency on the same boy.

The offences took place on dates between 1986 and 1994 at a number of addresses including North Hykeham and Waddington.

Jonathan Straw, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court that the lives of the two victims were completely ruined by the abuse they suffered from Baddiley.

During the trial Baddiley claimed the two children were lying and denied committing the offences he was accused of.

Robert Underwood, defending, said: “Otherwise he has no convictions and he is a man who has demonstrably worked hard throughout his life.

“On one view the sentence he receives can effectively be viewed as a life sentence by virtue of his great age and the fact that he is clearly not going to emerge from custody for a number of years.”

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Lincoln man who stole a painting from an art gallery in the city.

Steven Mclean, 39, was one of two men who each made off with a painting after walking in to the Little Red Gallery on Bailgate.

Lincoln Magistrates’ Court heard the pair simply put the paintings under their clothing and fled after going in together.

The paintings were valued at £675 and £495 but it was unclear from CCTV footage which item Mclean had stolen.

Mclean, of Riseholme Road, Lincoln, admitted a charge of theft.

He also pleaded guilty to the burglary of a non-dwelling property in nearby Hereward Street, Lincoln, on December 16.

The owner of the building, which was not being lived in, discovered there had been an intruder after noticing a smashed door panel and a brick nearby, the court heard.

A stack of tiles had been knocked over in the bathroom and blood matching Mclean’s DNA was found on a kitchen socket.

The owner estimated the repair costs at £450.

Tony Freitas, mitigating, said Mclean made full and frank admissions to the police.

Freitas told the court: “He had no idea when he took the painting of its value. He said he just liked it.

“He had problems with benefit payments and acted out of stupidity. He has problems with alcohol.”

Addressing the court himself Mclean said: “I’ve been cutting my alcohol down. I am on medication, you can’t just stop it like that.”

Deputy District Judge David Gostling adjourned the case for an immediate probation assessment on Mclean after indicating he was considering a suspended jail term and alcohol treatment.

But Mclean failed to appear when the case was called back on Wednesday, March 16 for sentence, and the judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

He will be sentenced at a later date.

Eighteen people have admitted charges of violent disorder following incidents at an illegal rave at Twyford Woods in South Lincolnshire.

The defendants were among 27 people who appeared before Lincoln Crown Court on the afternoon of Thursday, March 17, accused of offences arising out of the rave near Colsterworth, on Sunday, May 24, 2015.

Police carried out an operation to close down the event which led to 21 officers and a police dog suffering injuries.

The defendants who admitted violent disorder were:

• Benjamin Moore, 20, of Lowestoft, Suffolk
• Joseph Collins, 27, of Lowestoft, Suffolk
• Ross Porter, 29, of Blackwater, Camberley
• Robert Cooper, 20, of Finchampstead, Berks
• Thomas Carling, 18, of Corsham, Wilts
• Anthony Davies, 30, of Tonypandy, South Wales
• Richard Higgs, 21, of Headingley, Leeds
• Chris Willis, 24, of Dunstable, Beds
• Maggie-Mae Cross, 20, of Carbrooke, Norfolk
• Ashleigh Davies, 34, of Tonypandy, South Wales
• Adam Sheen, 30, of Newport, Gwent
• Joshua Colman, 21, of Narborough, Norfolk
• Scott Lamond, 28, of Roath, Cardiff
• Anthony Owens, 19, of Southmead, Bristol
• Zachary King, 20, of Lakenheath, Suffolk
• James Long, 22, of Ampthill, Beds;
• Dale Waring, 20, of Outwell, Norfolk
• Dale Hopcroft, 22, of The Maltings, Norfolk.

Owens also admitted two charges of supplying drugs, a further charge of possession of cannabis with intent to supply and also illegal possession of ketamine.

Fabian Gibertoni, 19, of Sheffield, admitted possession of ketamine with intent to supply.

Kirsty Wiggins, 24, of Cirencester, also admitted possession of ketamine with intent to supply.

They will be sentenced in July along with three other men who admitted violent disorder at an earlier hearing.

They are: Oliver Rickman-Williams, 23, of Stroud, Gloucs; Michael Carden, 22, of Brimscombe, Gloucs; and Kieran Wilson, 23, of Hoveton, Norfolk.

Three other defendants face trial after denying charges.

Alan Brown, 31, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, denied an offence of public nuisance by providing a generator for use at the rave.

Jonathan Lawson, 25, of Norwich, denied two charges of possession of drugs with intent to supply; Stephen Kelly, 26, of Bristol, denied possession of MDMA with intent to supply.

No pleas were taken from four other defendants. Glen More, 23, of Stroud, Gloucs; Benjamin Richardson, 18, of Millfield Road, Metheringham, Lincs; Shea Bruce-Watson, 19, of Glastonbury. Somerset; are all accused of violent disorder.

Samuel Stevens, 20, of Chipping Norton, is accused of possessing drugs with intent to supply.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Alfie Clutterham ,18, of Ashley, Cambs, who failed to appear at court to answer a charge of violent disorder.

A defendant who became aggressive in the dock at Lincoln Crown Court shouting abuse and spitting at barristers has been given a six month jail sentence after admitting contempt of court.

Craig Gallagher, 31, from the Nottingham area, was due to be sentenced on Friday, March 18, for offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

But after Gallagher was told his case was to be adjourned to a future date he became aggressive, shouting abuse and swearing.

He refused to be placed in handcuffs and then tried to remove his top before spitting across the court room hitting two barristers.

Gallagher was eventually restrained and taken out of the courtroom.

He later refused to return into court to be dealt with for contempt of court but admitted the offence through his lawyer Matthew Smith.

Mr Smith, in mitigation, told the court “He accepts the contempt of court. He understands the consequences of his behaviour. He regrets it happened.

“Clearly he is an individual with difficulties. He has a personality disorder. He is on anti-psychotic medication. He was not able to take his medication this morning because he wasn’t given food before being brought to court.”

Gallagher’s six month sentence will run consecutively to a 59 month sentence he was given at Nottingham Crown Court last month for a number of offences including robbery and attempt robbery.

He will be sentenced at a later date for the offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Judge Simon Hirst, passing sentence for contempt of court, said “I am satisfied that there has been a contempt of court in terms of Mr Gallagher assaulting two members of the bar who were sat in court. Such behaviour is utterly inexcusable.”

A man who breached a court order by visiting his the home of his ex-girlfriend has been jailed for eight months at Lincoln Crown Court.

Aaron Bee turned up at the home of Ashley Elgie and kicked the door and banged on the windows.

Bee, who was the subject of a non-molestation order not to contact Ms Elgie, went away but two hours later was back at the property in Skellingthorpe and police were called by a neighbour.

Gregor Purcell, prosecuting, said that an officer arrived at the house and Bee pushed past her to get out of the house leaving her with bruising to her left hand and index finger.

Purcell said: “He pushed passed her. It was a deliberate act to evade his detention.”

The prosecutor added: “This is not the first breach of the non-molestation order.”

Bee was arrested the following day.

Bee, 23, of Lamb Gardens, Lincoln, admitted charges of breaching a non-molestation order and assaulting a police officer as a result of the incidents on January 2.

He was jailed for eight months.

Judge Simon Hirst, passing sentence, told Bee: “This is so serious only a custodial sentence will do. You have shown absolutely no regard for court orders.”

Mark Watson, for Bee, said Bee went to the house after Ms Elgie contacted him and asked him for assistance.

Watson said: “Since his remand in custody she has written to him no less than 10 times. Cards, letters and photographs have been sent by her to him showing very clearly that she is wanting contact with him.

“There has been encouragement from her and she initiated the contact.

“He says he had effectively moved on until she contacted him and he remains indifferent to her advances. His intention is not to rekindle the relationship.”

A Lincolnshire man who claimed he lost contact with the probation service after he was locked in a room by his own mother to stop him taking “legal highs” was sentenced to a 20 day curfew.

Owen Lindop, 20, admitted failing to attend three supervision appointments in January after he was released from prison for shop thefts.

Lincoln Magistrates Court heard Lindop had attended a number of post setence supervision appointments following his release from jail and his attitude was “very good” until earlier this year.

Lindop, of Middlefield Lane, Gainsborough, admitted failing to comply with his post sentence supervision on January 7, 19 and 27.

He also pleaded guilty to the theft of four beef joints valued at £24 from the Co-op in Market Rasen on May 1, 2015.

The court heard Lindop left the store without paying after placing the meat in his bag.

Tony Cunningham, mitigating, told the court Lindop got in with the wrong crowd on his release from prison.

Mr Cunningham said: “He started taking some legal highs. This upset his family and upset his mother.

“His mother locked him in a room for a number of weeks. This is when he failed to attend his post sentence supervision.”

Lindop was fined £100 for the shop theft but it was deemed paid because he had spent a night in custody.

He was sentenced to a 20 day curfew between 7pm and 7am for the probation breach.

Passing sentence, deputy district judge David Gostling told Lindop: “It is a great shame they use the phrase legal highs, the amount of time it is seen in this court.”

A man will be sentenced in April after he admitted a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent following an incident at a Lincolnshire paintball centre.

Nathan Joseph, 22, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday, March 22.

Joseph, of no fixed address, denied the more serious offence of attempted murder.

The pleas were accepted by the prosecution.

A 30-year-old man sustained head injuries following the incident at Ancaster Karting and Paintball, near Sleaford, on February 6.

Judge Michael Heath adjourned sentence for four weeks and remanded Joseph in to custody.

A motorist caused a fatal collision when she emerged from between a line of vehicles and into the path of an oncoming motorcycle, Lincoln Crown Court was told.

Katie Wright had set off to visit her mother in Boston but got caught up in heavy traffic and decided to abandon the trip.

Tony Stanford, prosecuting, said that Wright turned off the road onto a garage site and called her sister on a loud speaker phone before doing a U-turn and emerging between the line of waiting traffic to go back in the opposite direction.

Although she was moving forward very slowly and looked both left and right she drove into the oncoming Yamaha motorcycle killing the rider David Cook.

Fifty four-year-old Mr Cook, who was on his way home to Stickney after finishing work was estimated by a crash investigator to have been driving his machine at 70 mph in a 40 mph limit, said Mr Stanford.

The prosecutor said: “Mr Cook was an experienced motorcyclist. He was careful to only ride in the summer months when the weather was good. His loss has deeply affected his family.”

Mr Stanford said one of the waiting drivers unsuccessfully tried to warn Wright of the oncoming motorcycle.

“Mr Cook braked very heavily but was unable to avoid a collision. The bike struck the rear nearside of the defendant’s vehicle.

“There were no defects with either vehicle. There were no defects to the road. It was human error with tragic consequences.”

Mr Cook’s widow Linda, who has since been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, told the court that the family has been left devastated by what happened.

“The loss of David when he was fit and healthy and in the prime of life is indescribable. I was numb when the police told me. I miss him so much. We have all been devastated.”

Katie Wright, 34, of Spilsby Meadows, Spilsby, admitted causing the death of Mr Cook by driving carelessly on Main Street, Langrick, on June 17 2015.

Wright was given an 18 month community order with a 10 week night time curfew. She was also banned from driving for 15 months.

The court was told that sentencing guidelines recommended a community order for the offence.

Recorder Stephen Lowne, passing sentence, told Wright: “Although the consequences were huge the error was relatively small.

“There is general consensus that the defendant edged slowly out. All witnesses agree she pulled out very slowly.

“Witnesses thought that Mr Cook was travelling within the speed limit but the expert investigator concluded he was travelling at 70 mph.

“All these factors contributed to the tragedy that happened. This in my judgement is very much at the lower end of careless driving.

“It is quite clear to me that the loss is massive. No words from me or anyone in this court can put to rights what occurred.

“There nothing that I can do to ease the pain and burden suffered by those involved one way or another in this tragedy.”

Emma Hayfield, defending, said that Wright offered her sincere apologies and accepted responsibility for causing the death of Mr Cook.

She said that her client, who is expecting a child later this year, has been diagnosed as suffering from post traumatic stress disorder as a result of the incident.

“She is of previous good character and she has a clean driving licence.”

Lincolnshire Police have issued an appeal to trace a 23-year-old man from Lincoln, who is wanted for failing to appear in court.

Cori Lee Bentley is facing charges for two counts of theft and one burglary.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact 101.

A former Lincolnshire clergyman who admitted sexually assaulting a teenage girl has been jailed for three years.

Stephen Crabtree, who served as the rector of Washingborough and Heighington until 2014, pleaded guilty to a total of six charges of indecent assault on a 15-year-old girl when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court earlier this month.

As previously reported, the offences occurred between April 1992 and April 1993.

At Lincoln Crown Court on March 31, disgraced 59-year-old Crabtree, who now lives in Bradford, was sentenced to three years in custody and placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Judge Michael Heath, passing sentence, said: “She was extremely vulnerable at that age and you took advantage. You knew she was 15 years old. You engaged in that relationship behind her parents back breaching their trust and the trust of the church.

“You stand before me in disgrace and you have lost your employment.

“I am satisfied that at all times you knew very well that what you were doing was wrong.

“These offences are so serious that I can only justify prison sentences for them. I cannot draw back from immediate custody.”

Mark Knowles, prosecuting, said the offences occurred when Crabtree was in his late 30s and the victim was 15 years old.

The victim later told police they had kissed and cuddled.

“She remembers the defendant saying she looked more like she was 22 than her age.”

Mr Knowles said the victim said that she had been intimately touched by Crabtree and on one occasion he had simulated sex with her.

She said she ended the relationship because she feared he would want full sex when she reached her 16th birthday.

The prosecutor said that the victim later told the then Bishop of Grimsby what happened between them and was advised to report the matter to police.

She then spoke to an officer in the area in which she was then living but decided not to take the matter further.

Crabtree subsequently admitted the offences to the Bishop on two occasions but was only arrested in 2015 after the church carried out a review of past complaints and the matter was passed on to police.

Sunil Khanna, defending, said Crabtree’s life fell apart in 1992 after his wife disappeared after telling him she was going to visit her sister. He later discovered she had emptied his bank account and moved to the USA.

“It was an horrendous time for him. He was devastated emotionally and sought pastoral help from the church but was told just to get on with things.

“He was in an extremely dark place. He was extremely depressed and unhappy and finding it difficult to cope.”

“Appalling abuse”

Detective Superintendent Rick Hatton of Lincolnshire Police said: “The sentencing of The Rev Stephen Crabtree is reflective of the appalling abuse he perpetrated upon a young girl.

“His position was one in which the victim, and the community at large, should have been able to place great trust. This was not the case; this betrayal of trust had a profound effect upon the victim in this case. It has taken great courage and a period of time for this abuse to come out.

“Allegations of abuse are always taken seriously by Lincolnshire Police and the Diocese of Lincoln. The police are currently working in partnership with the diocese to investigate a number of allegations of non-recent abuse.

“These investigations have come about due to a detailed file review carried out by the diocese and a desire to ensure truth and justice for all past victims of abuse.

“The sentencing of the Rev Stephen Crabtree is as a result of this investigation.”

A Lincolnshire couple have on Friday, April 1 both denied the murder of Wainfleet man Wayne Baxter.

Sean Booth, 25, and Sarah Booth, 36, both of Croft Bank, Croft, are alleged to have murdered Mr Baxter on March 2, this year.

The pair are accused of attacking Mr Baxter, who it is alleged to have suffered multiple stab wounds, at their home in Croft.

Wearing a grey top and jogging bottoms, Sean Booth was first to enter a ‘not guilty’ plea to the murder charge when they appeared together in the dock at Lincoln Crown Court.

His wife, Sarah Booth, wearing a grey top and grey cardigan, then also entered a not guilty plea to the same charge.

Mr Baxter, 44, was found at an address in Croft Bank, Croft, on March 2. He had suffered stab injuries and was pronounced dead at hospital a short time later despite the repeated efforts of paramedics to save him.

Following Mr Baxter’s death, Lincolnshire Police issued an appeal for witnesses to an altercation at a wake in the Woolpack pub, Wainfleet.

During the 15-minute hearing the prosecution were represented by Peter Joyce QC. Sarah Booth was represented by Michael Evans QC and her husband was represented by Michael Cranmer-Brown.

There was no application for bail and Judge Michael Heath adjourned the case for a provisional trial date in September. The trial is expected to last at least two weeks.

The couple will next appear at Lincoln Crown Court on August 15 when a firm trial date will be fixed. Both were remanded in to custody until their next court appearance.

Judge Heath told them: “I have indicated the next hearing in this case will be on August 15. It may well be that the trial is in September but that is not set in stone yet.

“Until then you are both remanded in to custody.”

European Foods shop owner Sertib Saywan Ahmed has been fined over £600 after he was found to be concealing almost 400 packets of illegal cigarettes in an underground bunker.

Sertib, who is 41 and lives in William House, appeared at Lincoln Magistrates CourtWednesday, March 30 and was found guilty of seven charges including the supplying and possessing of illicit cigarettes from his Lincoln High Street shop.

Around 400 packets of cigarettes were discovered in an underground bunker in the Lincoln shop.

He was ordered to pay £630 for fines, surcharges and costs.

Accompanied by Lincolnshire Police, Trading Standards raided the shop in November 2014, and together with a tobacco detection dog, found 399 packets of illegal cigarettes hidden within an underground bunker in the shop floor.

Andy Wright, principal trading standards officer at Lincolnshire Trading Standards Officer, said: “We welcome this prosecution and we are determined to put a stop to illegal tobacco being supplied and sold here in Lincolnshire.

“We regularly act on intelligence received from local residents and we believe that people are beginning to understand this activity is damaging to their communities.

“Illegal cigarettes can often be linked to organised crime and they are much more likely to start a fire as they don’t self-extinguish.

“The sale of these products must be stopped, so we would encourage anyone who knows where illegal or counterfeit cigarettes are sold, to get in touch, anonymously, with Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

A pensioner from Waddington accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist is to face trial in front of a jury later this year.

Martyn Robinson, 73, of Redwood Drive, pleaded not guilty to causing death by careless driving on the B1225 near Ludford on May 4 2015.

The charge follows the death of Horncastle motorcyclist Paul White, 54.

Judge Michael Heath adjourned the hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on Friday, April 1 for a trial to take place in October and Robinson was granted bail.