Crime - The Voice https://spaldingvoice.co.uk of Spalding and South Holland Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:22:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-spalding-voice-logo-temporary-32x32.png Crime - The Voice https://spaldingvoice.co.uk 32 32 Ex-police volunteer guilty of sexual touching https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/ex-police-volunteer-guilty-of-sexual-touching/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-police-volunteer-guilty-of-sexual-touching https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/ex-police-volunteer-guilty-of-sexual-touching/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:22:44 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278679 A former police volunteer based in Holbeach has been fined after being found guilty of sexual touching. Timothy Smith (66) was found to have hugged and kissed a woman inappropriately, Lincolnshire Police say. Following a trial, magistrates in Nottingham found the former volunteer for both the police and the town’s Police Cadets group guilty of […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/ex-police-volunteer-guilty-of-sexual-touching/feed/ 0 Police issue advice after report of man’s public sex act in Spalding https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-issue-advice-after-report-of-mans-public-sex-act-in-spalding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-issue-advice-after-report-of-mans-public-sex-act-in-spalding https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-issue-advice-after-report-of-mans-public-sex-act-in-spalding/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:12:43 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278537 Police have issued advice after a report of a man publicly masturbating in Spalding. The incident took place on the Coronation Channel, near to Cowbit Road, yesterday (March 30) but police haven’t said at what time. The man they are searching for is described as being in his thirties, skinny, bald and at the time […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-issue-advice-after-report-of-mans-public-sex-act-in-spalding/feed/ 0 Jail for persistent ASB offenders https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/jail-for-persistent-asb-offenders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jail-for-persistent-asb-offenders https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/jail-for-persistent-asb-offenders/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:20:48 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278454 Two women have been handed custodial sentences following their persistent anti-social behaviour in South Holland. Helen Houghton (55), of Cross Place, Crowland, has been imprisoned for eight weeks after appearing at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on March 16. She was identified twice as drinking in a public place. She also entered a shop in breach of […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/jail-for-persistent-asb-offenders/feed/ 0 Weekend saw spate of equipment thefts in South Holland https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/weekend-saw-spate-of-equipment-thefts-in-south-holland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekend-saw-spate-of-equipment-thefts-in-south-holland https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/weekend-saw-spate-of-equipment-thefts-in-south-holland/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:28:35 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278337 A spate of thefts of plant, farm and construction equipment has occurred around South Holland in the last few days, police have said. Incidents have been reported in Crowland, Long Sutton, Moulton Seas End and West Pinchbeck as well as Wyberton in Boston district over the weekend. Thousands of pounds worth of GPS satellite equipment, […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/weekend-saw-spate-of-equipment-thefts-in-south-holland/feed/ 0 Driver who fell asleep is jailed https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/driver-who-fell-asleep-is-jailed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=driver-who-fell-asleep-is-jailed https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/driver-who-fell-asleep-is-jailed/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:46:14 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278332 A BMW driver who killed a woman when he fell asleep at the wheel after being awake for 18 hours was today (Friday) jailed for four and half years. Mantas Kudrevicius (32) drove on the wrong side of the road for around 30 seconds and collided head-on with a Renault Twingo being driven by Shinead […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/driver-who-fell-asleep-is-jailed/feed/ 0 Businessman is found guilty of fraud https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/businessman-is-found-guilty-of-fraud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=businessman-is-found-guilty-of-fraud https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/businessman-is-found-guilty-of-fraud/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:50:38 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278317 A Lincolnshire businessman was today (Friday) found guilty of defrauding a Government agency of over £200,000 by submitting false expenses and creating two ‘ghost’ employees.  Andrew Rendell-Read (61), of Weston Hills, had denied two fraud offences but was convicted of both charges after a two-week trial at Lincoln Crown Court.  The jury were directed to find […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/businessman-is-found-guilty-of-fraud/feed/ 0 Jail for persistent ASB offenders in South Holland https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/jail-for-persistent-asb-offenders-in-south-holland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jail-for-persistent-asb-offenders-in-south-holland https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/jail-for-persistent-asb-offenders-in-south-holland/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:25:20 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278313 Two women have been handed custodial sentences following their persistent anti-social behaviour in South Holland. Helen Houghton (55), of Cross Place, Crowland, has been imprisoned for eight weeks after appearing at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on March 16. She was identified twice as drinking in a public place. She also entered a shop in breach of […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/jail-for-persistent-asb-offenders-in-south-holland/feed/ 0 ‘Idiot’ defaces RAF memorial https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/idiot-defaces-raf-memorial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=idiot-defaces-raf-memorial https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/idiot-defaces-raf-memorial/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:27:45 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278300 A call has gone out to homes in Long Sutton which might have doorbell or security cameras.A memorial sign in Winfrey Park marking 100 years of the RAF has been defaced, and the council has reported it to police.“Some unspeakable idiot has defaced it with the swastika sign, which is a deplorable, unacceptable and will […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/idiot-defaces-raf-memorial/feed/ 0 Police ‘significantly improved’ https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-significantly-improved/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-significantly-improved https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-significantly-improved/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:01:02 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=278252 The way Lincolnshire Police manages registered sex offenders no longer poses a potential risk to the public, a watchdog has said.His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) warned in 2025 that the force was struggling under a huge backlog and high workloads, writes Local Democracy Reporter Jamie Waller.However, the force has […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-significantly-improved/feed/ 0 ‘Capacity constraints’ to end hot-spot policing in Spalding as town board looks to other option https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/capacity-constraints-to-end-hot-spot-policing-in-spalding-as-town-board-looks-to-other-option/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capacity-constraints-to-end-hot-spot-policing-in-spalding-as-town-board-looks-to-other-option https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/capacity-constraints-to-end-hot-spot-policing-in-spalding-as-town-board-looks-to-other-option/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:23:25 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=277897 Hot spot policing in Spalding is to end due to a lack of resources, but the group that funds it says it is looking at other options to ‘build on it’. The Spalding Town Board has praised the effects of the extra patrols it paid for, but when it came to potentially renewing them, it […]

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