Tag: Crime
11 bags of illicit tobacco and cigarettes seized in raids on Boston businesses
Two men have been arrested and illegal tobacco and cigarettes have been seized after officers visited five premises in Boston. Last week, the Boston and South Holland Neighbourhood Policing Teams visited a number of premises. This operation is focused on tackling money laundering and criminal use of high street businesses. It involved Lincolnshire County Council
Spate of mobility scooter thefts sparks warning from Lincolnshire Police
Officers are investigating a number of mobility scooter thefts and attempted thefts in Lincoln. Lincolnshire Police is urging those with mobility scooters to make sure their property is locked and secure following the recent spate of incidents in the Moorland area of the city. A red Roadmaster Plus mobility scooter was stolen from the front
British Transport Police appeal over sexual assault on train
Detectives are investigating a sexual assault that took place on board a train from Lincoln to Grimsby. The British Transport Police is now appealing for witnesses following the incident on Saturday, August 2. A man was travelling with a young girl and her mother on the East Midlands Railway service between 6.30pm and 7.40pm. It
Jail for Lincolnshire man who groomed girl more than 45 years ago after victim realised he ‘stole part of her childhood’
A man from Sleaford has been jailed after grooming a teenager more than 45 years ago. John Raisen first met his victim in Melton Mowbray, when she was around 13 years old, and began committing his crimes in 1979. Raisen took an interest in her relationship with boys, which soon progressed into a sexual interest
Boston man accused of stabbing girl, 9, to death denies murder
A man has denied murdering a nine-year-old girl in a Lincolnshire market town three years ago but indicated a guilty plea to her unlawful killing. Lilia Valutyte was playing with a hula hoop outside the shop where her mother was working in Fountain Lane, Boston, when she suffered a single stab wound to the chest
Struck-off Grantham doctor illegally supplied Botox prescriptions for a decade
A struck-off doctor from Grantham illegally gave out Botox prescriptions for more than a decade. Shreeder Vaiyda pleaded guilty to a charge of giving a prescription in respect of a medicinal product of a description or class in relation to which he is not an appropriate practitioner, when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court this