Courts this month have jailed and detained a number of Lincoln criminals for offences ranging from assault to dangerous driving. Take a look at some of the Lincoln offenders convicted in August 2017: Jordan Groom Jordan Groom was jailed for two years and nine months after he attacked a householder in the victim’s own home. For the…
Courts this month have jailed and detained a number of Lincoln criminals for offences ranging from assault to dangerous driving. Take a look at some of the Lincoln offenders convicted in August 2017: Jordan Groom Jordan Groom was jailed for two years and nine months after he attacked a householder in the victim’s own home. For the…
A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of an attempted handbag snatch in Lincoln High Street after he failed to appear at court. Tony Benge, 31, from the Monks Road area of Lincoln, was charged with theft from a person following the incident on Tuesday July 18. Man charged after woman’s…
A man who set fire to his flat struggled with fire fighters when they tried to remove him from the burning building, Lincoln Crown Court was told. Jamie Elding started the blaze in his first floor flat on Westwick Drive, Lincoln, in the early hours of the morning causing black smoke to pour from the…
A 50-year-old man had sex with a vulnerable girl after grooming her over the internet, Lincoln Crown Court was told. Martyn Cairns initially acted as “a shoulder to cry on” for the teenager and during internet chats they began swapping photographs. Gareth Gimson, prosecuting, said “It began with images of her face and then in…
A man was left so terrified after being beaten up that he was physically sick.
Eleven members of a Lincolnshire traveller family dubbed the biggest slavery gang in Britain face sentencing in court today. The infamous Rooney family, who were based on a travellers site in Lincoln, subjected 18 victims to squalid living conditions and made them work for little or no pay. Victims included disabled and homeless people, some…
Nine members of a notorious traveller family based in Lincoln have been handed jail sentences toiling 79 years and seven months for running a modern-day slavery camp. Sentencing of the Rooney family took place at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday, September 12. The longest jail term handed down by Judge Timothy Spencer QC was 15…
A thief caught stealing from a city supermarket turned violent towards security staff pointing a syringe at them, Lincoln Crown Court was told. Adam Bolland was stopped as he attempted to walk out of the Morrisons store on Tritton Road, Lincoln, without paying for a bottle of whisky and a packet of razor blades. Lisa…
A former clergyman is due to be sentenced today after admitting 25 charges of indecently assaulting young girls. John Bailey, 76, from Ash Tree Park in Kippax, Leeds, previously pleaded guilty to offences involving three young girls aged under 14. Former clergyman admits 25 sex charges relating to young girls He is expected to be…
He carried out the assaults over a 27-year period.
A leading Church of England official who carried out sex attacks on young girls was today (Thurs) jailed for six years at Lincoln Crown Court. John Bailey, 76, who was director of education for the diocese of Lincoln from 1996 until he resigned in 2002, pleaded guilty to 25 charges of indecent assault, some of…
The company conned elderly people out of £1.5m.
He was fined over £8,000.
He walked out of the store with two crowbars he had "just picked up".
Courts this month have jailed and detained a number of Lincoln criminals for crimes ranging from historic child sex offences to drug dealing. Take a look at some of the Lincoln offenders convicted in September 2017: Jamie Elding Jamie Elding, 37, currently of no fixed address, was jailed for 40 months after starting a fire…
A man left a 13-year-old boy in a state of fear when he ran at the lad while armed with a knife, Lincoln Crown Court was told today (Fri). Nathan Hester carried out the offence when he turned up at his ex-partner’s home in the early hours despite being under a court order not to…
He has been jailed for five years.
A mother of four forged her ex-husband’s signature to obtain a £20,000 bank loan, Lincoln Crown Court was told. Sonya Bakin was caught out after her former husband Julian checked his credit rating and discovered that the loan had been taken out in both of their names. Jonathan Straw, prosecuting, said the couple had separated…
The Closure Order prohibits all access to his former flat for three months.
He has been given a suspended jail sentence.