A Lincolnshire man has been jailed for the rape of a 19-year-old woman in woodland near Boston.

Sergejs Susorovs, 26, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison at Lincoln Crown Court on June 20.

The rape, which occurred at around 3pm on May 18, saw Susorovs grab and attack the 19-year-old victim while she was walking on London Road.

Within just two hours of the incident being reported, officers had arrested Susorovs on suspicion of the offence, despite his efforts to escape.

Susorovs was jailed at Lincoln Crown Court on June 20

DI Simon Lovett, Head of the Lincolnshire Police Emerald team, paid tribute to the victim and the officers involved in the police response.

He said: “The victim has shown incredible strength from the beginning. She was able to give a detailed description of Susorovs, which was crucial.

“Officers were sent to the area where they quickly identified the scene and began a search for the offender.

“Susorovs was very quickly identified and apprehended after he made an attempt to flee from officers.”

A drunk who punched a doorman after being asked to leave a city centre bar leaving his victim with a fractured cheekbone, has been jailed for 12 months at Lincoln Crown Court.

Damon Flannery, who had been drinking all day, was play-wrestling with a friend in the Walkabout pub on Lincoln High Street when he was approached by door staff and told to calm down.

Ian Way, prosecuting, said that Flannery responded by swearing at the doorman saying he could do what he liked because it was Christmas.

Flannery was asked to stop “behaving like a clown” but continued to be abusive.

Mr Way told the court: “The defendant was asked to leave and was abusive. The doorman decided to eject the defendant and got him towards the exit.”

Mr Way said the doorman turned round after being distracted by another customer he was struck by Flannery.

“The defendant punched him just below the right eye. He heard what he believed was his cheekbone snapping.

“He continued to restrain the defendant although his nose was bleeding heavily and was assisted by a doorman from another premises. Flannery was then detained until police arrived.”

The victim was taken to hospital where he was found to have a fractured cheekbone.

He later underwent an operation to have a metal plate fitted and has since suffered numbness to his face and had difficulty sleeping.

Flannery was arrested and when he was searched at Lincoln Police Station officers a plastic bag containing a small amount of cocaine inside his boxer shorts.

He admitted he had been drinking throughout the day and had also taken two lines of cocaine.

Flannery, 26, of Mendip Avenue, Lincoln, admitted charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and possession of cocaine as a result of the incident in the early hours of December 23, 2015.

Judge Michael Heath, passing sentence, told him: “Your victim was only doing his job and doing it properly. On the other hand you had been drinking alcohol all day and you were very drunk. You had also consumed two lines of cocaine.

“Those who, in drink and having taken drugs, assault people doing their jobs and behaving disgracefully as you were must go to prison.”

Alison Summers, defending, said that Flannery has since sought help from Addaction for his drinking.

She said that apart from the incident he was a hard-working, law abiding, young father and urged that any prison sentence should be suspended.

Miss Summers said: “There is no doubt that alcohol was the underlying factor in this offence. Whilst he does not go out regularly, when he does go out he recognises he drinks to excess. This would not have happened but for his drinking.

“This was an isolated incident, committed spontaneously and out of character.

“He remembers very little of what happened but is genuinely sorry for his conduct.”

A man who was seen exposing himself near a Lincoln school has been warned he will be jailed if he commits any further offences.

Police were called after John Paul Carlisle, 36, was spotted masturbating in the window of his home near the Lincoln Minster School.

The alarm was raised after a woman who was returning to her car after dropping off some books at the school noticed Carlisle exposing himself in the window of his home on Upper Lindum Street.

Lincoln Crown Court heard the woman was “disgusted” by what she saw and immediately contacted the school after driving home.

Two members of school staff went in to the street and could see Carlisle still masturbating in the bedroom window of his flat.

The court was told Carlisle appeared to get more excited when children walked past the school.

Police attended Carlisle’s address in Upper Lindum Street and he was arrested.

During interview he admitted carrying out the act after he had been refused sex by his girlfriend that morning.

Karen Walton, mitigating, told the court Carlisle was an alcoholic who also had historic drug problems.

Miss Walton said: “Drink is the main cause of his criminal behaviour. He has a problem socialising and dealing with other people.”

Carlisle admitted a charge of outraging public decency on February 24 and breaching a suspended sentence imposed for a shop theft and assaulting a security guard.

Passing sentence Judge Simon Hirst said he was concerned by Carlisle’s behaviour and on balance the best way to protect the public from him was to pass a long community order.

Judge Hirst said: “The choice available to me is a stark one. A sentence of custody which many people will think is not long enough for what you have done.

“The alternative is that the probation service do a long period of work with you for three years.”

Judge Hirst sentenced Carlisle to a three year community order but warned him he faced a 12 month sentence if he committed any other offences.

The judge told him: “I will lock you up.”

A married businessman who downloaded videos of children being sexually abused has been jailed for eight months at Lincoln Crown Court.

Anthony Mizon attracted the attention of police after accessing the illegal images through a file sharing system which allowed other people to view what he had downloaded.

Christopher Geeson, prosecuting, said that officers carried out a search of Mizon’s home in Stamford and also visited his work place in Cambridge.

Mr Geeson said: “Mr Mizon was frank with the police. He said he did use the GigaTribe file sharing site and said he had probably downloaded child pornography but said it was unintentional.

“He handed over his laptop. An analysis took place and a number of items of child pornography were found.”

A total of 170 indecent images of children were found of which 129 were videos.

Mr Geeson added: “He made admissions in interview. He said he was into teen girls aged 13 and upwards engaging in sexual activity.”

Mizon, 36, of Highgrove Gardens, Stamford, admitted three offences of making an indecent photograph of a child.

He also admitted possession of extreme pornography.

Judge Michael Heath, passing sentence on June 24, placed Mizon on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years and told him: “You are an intelligent, well-educated and well-qualified man.

“You are a married man and there you were downloading the most disgusting material. Every time such an image is made a child, very often a very young child, is grievously abused.

“These are real children not disembodied images. There are not actors but real children who are grievously abused.

“These offences are so serious that the only sentences I can justify are custodial sentences.”

Rod Hayler, in mitigation, said that Mizon has struggled to comprehend what he did.

He said that Mizon has sought counselling as well as help from a psychotherapist who works with sex offenders.

A disgraced former Lincolnshire primary school headteacher has been jailed after contacting 11-year-old girls on Facebook and asking them to strip.

David Warbrick, 51, of Bishop Norton Road, Glentham, was sentenced at Derby Crown Court on June 27 to 28 months in prison.

He was also handed a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years and will be on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.

Warbrick was arrested and charged in 2015 with two accounts of inciting a female under the age of 13 to engage in a sexual act.

He made contact with the girls, from Derbyshire, via Facebook and later invited them to have a web cam chat with him where he asked them to take their clothes off.

DC Russell Slater, who investigated the crime, said: “Reports to police were made in 2013 when Warbrick contacted two 11-year-olds via Facebook.

“He chatted with the girls and built a conversation with them before asking them to chat with him via a web cam. The conversation led to him asking them to remove their clothes.

“It is essential to ensure you are safe when using social media. I would like to remind young people that the age restriction for creating a profile on Facebook is 13 years-old.

“I would advise that you do not accept friend requests from people you do not know and for parents encourage you to take an active role in understating what your child is doing online.

An NSPCC spokesman said: “Warbrick’s sickening abuse is made all the more shocking by the fact he was a teacher.

“He held a position of respect and authority, working with young children every day, but in private was using 11-year-old girls to satisfy his sexual desires.

“This case highlights how predators from all walks of life are using the internet to target vulnerable children.

“It is vital young people are educated about the dangers of social media, and the police have the resources to tackle this growing crime.”

A 17-year-old youth has denied a charge of attempted murder following an alleged stabbing in Louth.

The teenager, who can not be named for legal reasons, entered a not guilty plea during a 10 minute hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday, June 28.

Police charged the youth with attempted murder following an incident at a property in Bradley Close, Louth, on Saturday, May 28.

Lincolnshire Police said the alleged victim, a 19-year-old male, suffered a head injury.

Judge Michael Heath adjourned the case for trial at Lincoln Crown Court on November 7.

It is expected to last three days.

The teenager was remanded in to youth detention until his next court appearance.

Adjourning the case Judge Heath told him: “Your trial at this court will take place on November 7. In the meantime you remain detained as you already are.”

Two Lincoln drug addicts who mugged a 77-year-old pensioner as he walked home in the early hours of the morning have been jailed.

Sarah Bexley, of Gaunt Street, Lincoln, and Luke Norton, of Arthur Street, Lincoln, each denied robbery on November 16, 2015 but were found guilty by a jury following a trial.

Bexley, who had a number of previous convictions for dishonesty, was jailed for five years at Lincoln Crown Court on June 28.

Norton, who had no past convictions, was jailed for four and a half years.

The court heard that Bexley, 40, and her accomplice Norton, 28, lay in wait for their victim as he made his way from the city centre back to his home after withdrawing cash from an ATM machine.

Richard Sheldon, prosecuting, said that victim Peter Horry had reached Gaunt Street off the city’s High Street when the pair attacked him.

Mr Sheldon told a jury: “Mr Horry left his home shortly before midnight to go to his bank in the Cornhill. It was a quiet night. He took out £200 and put his card in his wallet and put the cash into his jacket pocket.

“He set about walking home and reached Gaunt Street shortly after midnight.

“Out of the blue some-one pushed him causing him to fall to the floor. When he was on the ground his arm was pushed up his back and he heard a female voice saying ‘get his wallet’.

“Peter Horry tried to shout for help. That was met with the male putting his hand over Mr Horry’s mouth to silence him. Then the money was taken from his jacket pocket and the robbers ran away.”

The pensioner made his way home from where a friend called police.

He told officers he recognised the woman’s voice as that of Bexley whom he knew and had previously regarded as a friend.

Police searching the area came across Bexley and Norton near to the scene of the robbery.

Norton was searched and found to have £225 cash on him.

Judge John Pini QC, passing sentence, told them: “You were lying in wait to rob him, no doubt because of the drug addiction you both suffered from. There was significant planning to this offence. Mr Horry was targeted because of his vulnerability.”

Sunil Khanna, for Bexley, told the court: “Drugs have blighted her life. She has committed offences in the past to feed her drug addiction.

“Since the date of this offence she has stabilised. She tells me she is not using drugs any more.”

Stephen Mather, for Norton, said he had been in steady work until 2014.

“It all went horribly wrong for him. He couldn’t find work and fell into drug addiction.

“His family are very supportive. He intends to stay off drugs when he is released.”

A man from Lincoln has been sentenced to nine months in prison for selling illegal cigarettes at his Gainsborough shop.

Niaz Amadamin, of 107 Allenby Close, Lincoln was jailed after appearing at Lincoln Crown Court for the possession and sale of unsafe, counterfeit and non-English labelled illicit tobacco products.

His sentence was reduced from 12 months following his early guilty plea to offences relating to the possession of illicit tobacco products that were offered for sale at the European Foods store in Gainsborough.

Lincolnshire Trading Standards raided the store in May 2014, uncovering thousands of illegal cigarettes and 33 pouches of Hand Rolling Tobacco hidden in a building to the rear of the store.

Ian Newell, business and public protection manager at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “As always, we welcome this sentence as part of our ongoing fight against illegal tobacco. This has been a particularly complex case for our officers and it’s been very rewarding for them to see the successful completion of this prosecution.

“Illegal cigarettes and tobacco products put people’s health and even their lives at risk and that’s why we are so pleased with this sentence. It sends out a very clear message that selling these products is a serious crime with tough penalties.”

Anyone who believes a trader is supplying illegal, fake or duty free goods such as cigarettes should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

A further person charged in connection with a £12 million NHS trusts fraud investigation will appear at Lincoln Crown Court on Friday, July 1.

As reported previously, the Economic Crime Unit of Lincolnshire Police, supported by NHS, has been conducting a major investigation involving offences of fraud and money laundering in excess of £12m.

The investigation, named Operation Tarlac, commenced in September 2011 following a report of fraud involving Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

The alleged scam involved people contacting organisations masquerading as legitimate construction companies contracted by them.

The fraudsters allegedly claimed that their bank details had changed, and provided account numbers which instead belonged to companies owned or controlled by the defendants.

The scam, known as ‘divert fraud’, involved payments for construction works were being diverted to other accounts.

Since such time the investigation has linked 20 other offences where the victims include other NHS Trusts, the States of Guernsey Government and other public bodies.

In September 2015, as a result of this investigation, 15 suspects were charged with offences of conspiracy to defraud, money laundering and conspiracy to money launder and all have since been indicted to stand trial.

On Monday, June 6 2016, a further suspect was detained in Germany following the issue of a European Arrest Warrant by Lincolnshire Police.

Walter Wagbatsoma, a Nigerian national, was extradited to the UK on Thursday, June 30 when he was charged with conspiracy to money launder.

Wagbatsoma is due to appear at Lincoln Magistrates Court on Friday, July 1.

A former RAF corporal was on Friday, July 1 jailed for four years after being convicted of sexually assaulting a four year old girl.

Simon Horton, who served in the Falklands War and the first Gulf War, was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for life and given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.

Horton, 54, of Elizabeth Avenue, Tattershall Bridge, had denied six charges of sexual assault on a child under the age of 13 and a further charge of causing or inciting a child to be involved in sexual activity but was found guilty by a jury at Lincoln Crown Court following a trial.

Judge Simon Hirst, passing sentence, told Horton: “Your victim was four years old at the time of the offences against her. This has had a significant impact on her parents.”

Stephen Kemp, prosecuting, said that Horton carried out the offences on three occasions during 2015.

He told the court: “Because she was only four at the time she was particularly vulnerable. He was telling her to keep it a secret.”

Mr Kemp said that the father of the victim has since been diagnosed as suffering from post traumatic stress disorder as a result of what happened and both he and his wife have been given counselling.

Mark Watson, in mitigation, said that Horton had no previous convictions.

He said: “He served in the forces for a number of years. He was a corporal and was acting sergeant at the time of his discharge.

“He served in Germany, the Falklands including the Falklands War, the first Gulf War and in Croatia. He has worked constantly since being discharged from the military.

“He is a man for whom the loss of his good character is significant. This will be the first time he has had a custodial sentence and the impact of that cannot be under-estimated.”

A Lincoln-based horticultural firm has been fined £30,000 after a worker suffering sustained serious injuries falling from an unsecured ladder.

William Sinclair Horticulture Limited, of Firth Road and currently in administration, was found guilty of breaching work equipment regulations and the Health and Safety at Work Act over two separate incidents at their Lincoln and Ellesmere Port sites.

The incident at Ellesmere Port resulted in serious injuries to a worker as he fell from an unsecured ladder.

Darren Taylor, aged 40, was assisting in a deep clean of conveyor belts, at the Ellesmere Port site on January 8, 2015.

He used a ladder so that he could remove guards for access.

As he ascended the ladder it moved, causing him to fall 1.75 metres to the ground.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found that the company did not have a risk assessment or safe system of work for the cleaning of the conveyor belts or for the safe use of ladders.

None of the workers involved in cleaning the conveyor belts on the day of the incident had received training in the safe use of ladders

Bolton Magistrates’ Court heard that from February 2014, William Sinclair Horticulture Limited had previously received two formal HSE warnings that there was an issue on site in relation to unsafe work at height, but the company failed to take adequate action.

The court also heard that William Sinclair Horticulture Limited failed to heed the advice of an HSE Inspector by not providing adequate guarding on machinery at their Lincoln site.

Following a proactive visit by the Inspector on January 28 2015, an Improvement Notice was served to improve the guarding of the conveyors that fed products into the machines.

Subsequent visits on March 4, 2015 resulted in an additional Improvement Notice being served in relation to guarding on the sand line.

A third visit on June 9, 2015 the company still had significant issues with machine guarding, despite previous formal enforcement action.

HSE inspector Helen Jones said after the hearing: “William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd failed to act on the advice they were given to improve safety standards at both their Ellesmere Port and Lincoln sites.

“Because the company had failed to ensure adequate control measures were in place to reduce the risk of falling from height, Mr Taylor suffering serious injuries when he fell from the ladder.

“A fixed platform had already been identified as a better way to control the risk of falling from height, but the company had failed to act to ensure the risks were significantly reduced.”

William Sinclair Horticulture Limited was fined £30,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £7,071.

An international ice hockey player who burgled his friend’s home stealing almost £30,000 worth of designer goods has been jailed for two years at Lincoln Crown Court.

James Morgan, a former Peterborough Phantoms player and Great Britain international who now runs his family butchery business, carried out the raid while high on drink and drugs.

The court was told that Morgan, together with another unidentified man, smashed their way into the home of James Bushell in Deeping St James, before making off with almost £30,000 worth of property.

Phil Howes, prosecuting, said that James Bushell was a friend of Morgan and had previously loaned Morgan £1,000 to help him out.

But while Mr Bushell was staying at a girlfriend’s house, Morgan and his accomplice staged the burglary in broad daylight.

Mr Howes said: “Morgan was one of two offenders. The burglary was carried out whilst the defendant was under the influence of drink and drugs.

“James Bushell returned to find he had been the victim of a burglary. The intruders had forced entry through the conservatory door. A glass panel was smashed. There was an untidy search and trashing of the property.

“He went through his property to find a substantial amount was missing including 30 pairs of designer sunglasses, a safe, and designer watches. His passport and cash together with further watches were stolen one of which was a 21st birthday present.”

Neighbours later reported seeing two men call at the house at lunchtime and leave carrying a box and a laundry basket.

Mr Howes said: “They got into a car and drove away. The vehicle had stolen number plates. The vehicle the plates had come from was dumped around the corner from the defendant’s sister’s home.

“Mr Bushell in times past had given the defendant some money to help. There was a loan and Mr Bushell had been texting the defendant for the return of that debt very closely before this took place.”

Morgan later handed himself in to police and confessed to what he had done but refused to identify his accomplice.

Morgan, 34, of West End Road, Maxey, Peterborough, admitted burglary on March 21, 2015.

Judge Michael Heath, passing sentence, told him: “You knew the victim of the burglary. He had offered you a kindness by loaning you some money and you repaid that kindness by burgling his house when he was away.

“This is so serious that the only sentence I can justify for it is a custodial sentence.”

The Judge ordered the confiscation of £28,016 of Morgan’s assets with the money to be used to pay compensation to Mr Bushell.

David Bentley, defending, said that in the 15 months since the burglary Morgan has matured and, due to his father’s ill-health, has been running the family business.

Mr Bentley said: “He has had difficulty with alcohol and drugs in the past. He has been to rehab. He is a different man.

“He is sorry for what he has done to his former friend. This was a terrible mistake.”

A woman lunged at police with a knife after officers were called out to an incident at her accommodation, Lincoln Crown Court was told.

Sarah Easters had earlier self-harmed and then threatened staff with a six-inch bladed knife at the supported housing unit where she was living.

Phil Howes, prosecuting, said that staff at the unit on Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, were concerned both for the safety of themselves and Easters and as a result police were called.

Mr Howes said: “Three officers arrived and the staff opened the front door. The defendant was in the sitting room armed with a knife. It was held to her own throat.

“The officers talked to her. They were concerned for her and their own safety.

“She walked towards the officers and tried to close the door. She lunged out towards one of the officers with the knife aiming at the officer’s chest. The blade was six inches from his chest. He grabbed the handle of the knife and assisted by a colleague he wrestled the knife to the floor.”

Easters, 45, who is currently at a mental health unit in Northampton, admitted charges of possession of a bladed article and assault by beating as a result of the incident on 4 January this year.

Alan Birbeck, defender, said Easters had a history of mental health problems and spent three years in a hospital before being discharged to live at the unit in Lincoln.

He told the court: “She was in a less structured environment. It was thought she would be able to cope with that but she could not cope with the lesser level of supervision.

“At the time of this incident she was off the medication she was supposed to be on. She was in a state of crisis.”

He said that after her arrest Easters was remanded to Peterborough Prison but following a number of incidents she was transferred to the unit at Northampton.

Mr Birbeck added: “There has been a marked improvement in the last three to four weeks.”

Judge Michael Heath adjourned sentence to await a further psychiatric report.

A former North Kesteven district councillor appeared before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, July 7, accused of child pornography offences.

Ian Dolby, who is also a former Sleaford Town councillor, faced three charges of making a total of 913 pornographic images of a child on a date on or before 4 December 2013.

Dolby, 51, of North Road, Sleaford, gave no indication of plea and was committed to Lincoln Crown Court where he is due to appear on August 4 for a plea and case management hearing.

He was granted bail on condition that he has no unsupervised contact with any child under the age of 17.

Dolby was an Independent councillor who represented the Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham Ward until he resigned in April 2014 citing pressure of work commitments.

David Woodhouse, 65, from Grimsby has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for three rape offences and 12 indecent assaults involving young girls.

He was found guilty at Grimsby Crown Court  on Friday, July 8.

The offences occurred in the 1980s over a six year period and were commited against two girls.

Detective Inspector Peter Thorp from the Protecting Vulnerable People Unit said: “David Woodhouse has been convicted following a painstaking investigation by Detective Helen Garrod from the Protecting Vulnerable People Unit.

“His two victims suffered the most unimaginable experiences that no child should ever have to and showed incredible courage and bravery throughout the investigation.

“I sincerely hope the victims will now be able to rebuild their lives again.

“I welcome the verdict today and hope this sends a strong message to those victims who have never come forward but suffered abuse at any point in their lives.

“Humberside police will always listen and do everything we can to ensure your voice is heard and those guilty of such horrendous offences are caught and face justice.”

Police have charged a 66-year-old man for the murder of a Boston resident over the weekend.

Vidmantas Svedarauskas of Porcher Way, Boston was formally charged on Monday, July 11 and will appear before Lincoln Magistrates this afternoon.

Lincolnshire Police believe the victim to be 61 year-old Manfred Jaedke, but formal identification procedures have not yet been completed and officers are still tracing relatives outside the UK.

Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Diane Coulson, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said: “We are appealing for anyone who saw anything unusual or suspicious on Porcher Way from 5pm Thursday until 4 pm Friday to contact us”

Anyone who can help police with their investigation can contact the 101 number quoting incident 263 of 8. Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.

A man accused of the murder of his 61-year-old neighbour was today remanded in custody following an appearance at Lincoln Crown Court.

Vidmantas Svedarauskas, 66 of Porcher Way, Boston, is accused of the murder of Manfred Jaedke.

Mr Jaedke, a German national who had lived in the UK for a number of years, was found dead at his home in Porcher Way on Friday, July 8.

Svedarauskas, who was assisted by a Lithuanian interpreter during the hearing on Tuesday July 12, spoke only to confirm his name. There was no application for bail.

Judge Michael Heath remanded him in custody to await a plea and trial preparation hearing on August 8.

A provisional trial date was set for December 12.

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A Lincoln man has been prosecuted after threatening a city council officer with a hammer.

Matthew James Williams, 36 and of no fixed address, is now banned from entering Hartsholme Park after the incident in November 2015.

In awarding the injunction to the council on Monday, July 11, Lincoln County Court also banned Williams from causing harassment, nuisance, alarm or distress to members of the public.

The injunction will remain in force until July 10, 2017.

On the same day at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court, Matthew Browne, of Nocton Park Road, Nocton, was ordered to pay a total of £875 after admitting twice breaching a Community Protection Notice issued in July last year.

The notice prevented Browne from allowing his Akita dog to stray from his business premises at the Old Bottle Yard, in Great Northern Terrace, Lincoln, but it was breached on February 4 this year and again on March 16.

The council argued Browne had failed in his responsibility to ensure the dog was kept securely and, in summing up, the chair of the magistrates stated these were ‘serious offences’ during which Browne had repeatedly allowed his dog to stray, despite verbal and written warnings, a Community Protection Notice and two Fixed Penalty Notices that had been issued following previous breaches.

He was fined £500 – £250 for each offence – and ordered to pay costs of £250 and a victims’ surcharge of £25.

There were also three successful prosecutions made against people who had dropped cigarette butts in Lincoln city centre:

• Stephanie Presadern, 28, of Barkers Court, Lincoln, in Orchard Street on February 4
• Lucas Pompn, 19, of Thesiger Street, Lincoln, in High Street on January 15
• Kayleigh Rawsthorne, of Rookery Lane, Lincoln, in High Street on January 19

All received £400 fines and were ordered to pay costs of £100 and a £40 victims’ surcharge.

Sam Barstow, Service Manager for Public Protection and Anti-Social Behaviour, added: “Threatening someone with a weapon is an extremely serious offence and we are pleased the court has supported our application for an injunction.

“Magistrates also recognised the impact that someone failing to keep their dog under control can have on others. In this instance, court action was a last resort after repeated attempts to resolve the issue.

“Littering is an ongoing problem that costs the council thousands of pounds each year to clean up, as well as undermining the city’s image and discouraging visitors.

“This sends a clear message that anti-social behaviour is simply unacceptable and won’t be tolerated in Lincoln, and the successful actions we have taken show our stance is supported by the courts.”

A speeding motorist who drove his car straight through the wall of a house, throwing the tenant out of her bath, has been jailed for two and half years.

Kyle Rance’s Seat Leon was described as travelling “like a bullet” as he headed along a narrow lane into the town centre at Louth, Lincs, with four passengers in his car

A jury at Lincoln Crown Court was told that Rance appeared to accelerate as he approached a T-junction and shot across the road and into the wall of a house.

His car went straight through the ground floor bathroom where the tenant Angela Watson, 45, was having a bath.

Ms Watson said: “I had been lying in the bath for probably 20 minutes. Then I heard the sound of a car racing and could tell it was getting closer to me. It was going incredibly fast.

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“Then I heard an explosion and I was thrown out of the bath. I didn’t know whether it was a gas explosion or what. I felt I was suspended in mid-air for a few seconds. It felt like my arms and legs were being ripped off me.

“I was propelled through the opposite wall. I went across the bathroom. I finished up where the wall had been. The wall came down on top of me. There was a deathly silence as bricks carried on hitting me. Dust just kept coming on to me. My mouth was absolutely forced open full of brick rubble. It was in my nose and my ears.

“I had to spit all of that out of my mouth before I could start screaming for help.

“The bath was in smithereens. There was no trace of the bath left.

“I could never imagine such a horrific thing happening. It will stay in my mind for ever.”

Ms Watson airlifted to hospital in Coventry where she was in intensive care for a fortnight and spent a total of 13 weeks in hospital before being discharged. She continues to undergo medical treatment and two years after the incident is still unable to work.

She said: “My life is a merry-go-round of hospital appointments, physiotherapy and operations. My life has changed unrecognisably and it will never be the same again.”

Martin Hurst, prosecuting, told the jury that Rance had picked up his partner and his other passengers from Louth Golf Club  where they had been attending a wake.

Mr Hurst said “He set off driving like a teenager. The other people in the car say he was showing off. His driving was jerky. He floored the accelerator.

“Two of the girls in the back of the car were trying to smoke. It was such an unsteady journey they couldn’t get the cigarettes into their mouths.

“Two people estimate he was doing 60 mph in a 30 mph limit zone. A member of the public said he was going like a bullet.

“The Seat crashed into the wall of Ms Watson’s home. The car came all the way through the wall. It was a double skin of bricks and it smashed straight through. Commonsense dictates it was going very fast indeed.”

Mr Hurst said that Rance was breathalysed after the incident and gave a reading of just 5 mgs of alcohol per 100 mls of breath putting him well below the legal limit of 35 mgs.

Rance is alleged to have told Ms Watson that he suffered a tyre blow-out but later said his car skidded on the road surface which had been made slippy as a result of rain falling after a long dry spell.

Subsequent repairs to the house cost £30,000.<

Rance, 30, of Louth, denied three charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving as a result of the incident on June 27, 2014.

The jury took just two hours to convict him of all the charges.

He was jailed for two and a half years and banned from driving for five years.

Judge Simon Hirst, passing sentence, said the speed at which Rance was driving made it “utterly impossible” for him to negotiate the T-junction safely.

“The consequences of your driving are enormous. Nobody will ever know for certain why you chose to drive in the way you did. It may be that you were frustrated and in a hurry but your driving created a substantial risk of danger. It was utterly avoidable.”

Rance, who had a clean licence, admitted his driving was careless but denied it was dangerous.

He claimed he applied his brakes as he approached the T-junction but the tyres had no traction and his vehicle skidded into the house.

Rance himself suffered injuries himself as a result of the crash including a shattered wrist.

A girl and boy accused of murdering a school dinner lady and her 13-year-old daughter have appeared at Lincoln Crown Court.

The 15-year old girl and 14-year-old boy are jointly accused of murdering Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her youngest daughter Katie Edwards, just 13, whose bodies were discovered at their semi-detached home in Spalding in April.

No pleas were entered to the charges and both teenagers spoke only to confirm their names and that they understood the proceedings at the hearing on July 15.

The pair, who cannot be identified because of their ages, sat in the glass panelled dock of court room number one at Lincoln Crown Court divided by staff but regularly looked at each other during the hearing which lasted just over 30 minutes.

The boy, who was wearing a black jacket and white shirt, sat clutching a book during the hearing.

The girl, who was 14 at the time of the alleged offences, sat quietly wearing a black hooded top and trousers, with her head tilted forward.

Both face two charges of murdering Elizabeth Edwards and Katie Edwards on April 15.

The judge, Mrs Justice Carr, who sat without robes, explained the proceedings to both children after Peter Joyce, QC, for the prosecution, outlined the progress of the case.

Representations were also made by Andrew Stubbs QC representing the girl and Simon Myerson QC representing the boy.

The case was adjourned until September 5 when the two teenagers will appear at Nottingham Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing.

If the case goes to trial it will be heard at Nottingham Crown Court on October 5 and is expected to last two weeks.

Both teenagers were remanded in to secure youth accommodation until their next court appearance.

The bodies of Elizabeth Edwards, 49, known as “Liz” and her youngest daughter Katie, 13, were found at their home in the Lincolnshire market town of Spalding on April 15.

Lincolnshire Police arrested the two 14-year-old youths following the discovery and charged them with murder.

A broken window could be seen at the front of the semi-detached property on Dawson Avenue, Spalding.

Liz, who was a regular church goer, worked as a midday supervisor at a nearby primary school and lived at the house with her two daughters. She also has a third grown up daughter.