In the summer of 2012, Lincolnshire Police were actively investigating a series of house burglaries in Lincoln and West Lindsey, where the unknown offender was predominantly targeting houses by sneaking in via unlocked windows or doors.
As a result of enquiries by officers and PCSOs, some CCTV footage was obtained of a man using the cycle path from Lincoln to Saxilby who matched the description of the offender. This was circulated to all staff, but no identification was made of the suspect.
On July 3 2012, whilst engaged on enquiries in relation to another matter, officers spotted a man who they believed was the burglary suspect they had seen on the CCTV footage. All available officers from all departments attended the area of Saxilby. The suspect was seen but made off from Police and was lost for some time.
Nottinghamshire Police contacted Lincolnshire Police to report a burglary in Harby, approximately four miles from Saxilby. The circumstances being that at 12.20pm that same day, an elderly victim found a man inside his home and when he challenged the man, he said he had come to do the gardening.
[button url=”http://thelincolnite.co.uk/ftoch” title=”How they caught him: Stranger rape in Lincoln”]Also read – How they caught him: Stranger rape in Lincoln[/button]
The victim had not contacted anyone to do his garden, however, he gave the man a drink of water and went to check if anyone else was in the house. As he did this, the victim heard the engine of his Land Rover start up, and he then saw it being driven off his driveway, smashing through his garden gates and heading toward Saxilby. The victim found that items in his bedroom had been disturbed and searched.
At around 1.30pm, officers on Carholme Road in Lincoln saw a man fitting the description of the man seen earlier in Saxilby, and officers from Operation Fusion (a dedicated burglary team) attended. They stopped the suspect who identified himself as Kevin Talbot, born in 1966, and stated he had gold in his pocket which he had just stolen in a burglary in Lincoln.
Talbot was searched and gold jewellery was recovered from his jeans pocket. He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and conveyed to Lincoln Police Station. He was interviewed by Operation Fusion officers and during the interview he admitted committing the burglary at Harby and also one on Long Leys Road, Lincoln which had not been reported to Lincolnshire Police.
Talbot stated he cycled to Saxilby earlier in the day, however on seeing the police in the village, he made off from them and cycled to Harby. He stated that he saw lots of police activity so decided to hide in a house in Harby. He stated the occupant was in the garden and the door to the house was open.
He went in and went to the bedroom. He stated he was in the house for twenty to thirty minutes before he was confronted by the occupier where upon he stated he was the gardener. He then left the house, picking up a set of car keys from a table next to the door. On leaving the house he locked the door leaving the occupier inside. He then stole the Land Rover from the driveway, driving it through the wooden garden gates as he left.
On the way back to Lincoln he could still see police activity in the area so he decided to abandon the vehicle. He parked it up on a street, got out and saw a house nearby with its first floor windows wide open. He decided to burgle the house so he climbed up to the first floor window, through the window into the bedroom and stole some jewellery.
Talbot then climbed back out the window and headed across the West Common in Lincoln. At this point he threw the car keys he had into the undergrowth. A short time later he was stopped by police. He stated he was committing burglaries to feed his drug habit.
A detective attended the address with the jewellery recovered from Talbot. The occupants were completely unaware that they were the victims of burglary, however they identified the jewellery as theirs, and it included items of sentimental value that could not have been replaced.
Talbot assisted the police in the recovery of other property that he had discarded which meant that the officers could reunite the victims with their personal effects, some of which was of sentimental value and could not have been replaced. The victims were very thankful that it had been recovered and returned, and it gave them some comfort that the person who had entered their homes was in custody.
Talbot also admitted burgling a home for children with learning difficulties and asked that the cycle he had used to commit some of his offences was given to the home by way of some sort of apology.
Talbot was also wanted in three other force areas and Lincolnshire officers worked with colleagues from other forces to identify and detect 49 offences, including 24 in Lincolnshire. He received a six-year prison sentence pleading guilty to all offences.
Spotted an error? Please notify us by selecting that text and pressing Ctrl+Enter.
The Lincolnite welcomes your views. All comments are reactively-moderated and must obey the house rules. Please stay on topic and be respectful of other readers.
The Lincolnite welcomes your views. All comments are reactively-moderated and must obey the house rules. Please stay on topic and be respectful of other readers.
A 32-year-old man is wanted after an alleged burglary at a burger takeaway in Spalding.
Marian Nitou is wanted in relation to the burglary, which is believed to have happened at Mr Burger on Station Street in the Lincolnshire town.
Nitou is also wanted for the breach of a court order.
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for assistance to locate Nitou. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact police on 101 or via email at [email protected] quoting occurrence number 21000114538.
Alternatively, it can be reported through the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online here.
Councillors at East Lindsey District Council have voted in favour of joining a working group to discuss a multi-billion pound nuclear waste disposal facility in Theddlethorpe.
The group was officially launched by Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) last Tuesday and members of ELDC’s Overview Committee on Tuesday voted in favour of recommending to the authority’s executive that they take part in discussions around the potential plans for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) in Theddlethorpe.
Council leader Craig Leyland said his executive were minded to join, but added they were “fullyunderstandingtheverycontroversialnatureofthisinvitationandwhatitmeansforthelocalcommunity.”
He said the wheels had already started following LCC joining and warned it would go ahead with or without ELDC. He vowed to feed information back to the council and local community.
“As leader… I want to makesurethatallresidentshaveasmuchinformationaspossible… Beforeyoumakeadecisionyouneedtohaveadequateinformation,adequateknowledgeandunderstandingofwhatthiswholeprocessisandwhateverthedecisionwasthecouncilshouldshouldsupportthat,” he said.
Supporting the motion, Councillor Jill Makinson-Sanders said: “Justbecausewesitaroundthetabledoesn’tmeantosaywe’resaying ‘goaheadanddoit’. It’slisteningsothatwehaveallthefactsbeforewetakethedecisionandthat‘sgottobetherightwayforthiscounciltogo.”
However, she said she was particularly concerned about the plight of the residents.
“People’s house sales have already stopped dead and if this is going to go on for years and years and years, I think we do need to be looking at the effect.
“There is a ripple effect coming out of choosing to look at a site like that, it will have an effect on life in Mablethorpe, it will have an effect in life in Alford, and it will have the effect of life in Louth.”
Councillors indicated they had a number of questions they wanted to be answered, including more specifically around location of the GDF.
Ward Councillor Sandra Harrison said there had been much stress among her constituents. “Some of them havereferredtotheperiodofwaitingas the ‘phoneywar’becauseitfeltsohelpless,” she said.
ELDC’s Overview Committee discussed the working group on Tuesday. | Photo: Daniel Jaines
Around 10% of the UK’s nuclear waste needs to be disposed of in more secure ways for thousands of years, and the GDF would aim to do that through a mix of engineered and natural barriers between 200-1,000 metres underground.
Theddlethorpe is one such location where storage could be placed, with potential solutions being to manoeuvre the waste out under the sea bed through a series of underground tunnels.
The surface site itself would be around 1sqkm, with the rest of the facility 200-1,000 metres underground. If plans to take the storage out to sea are confirmed, they would travel around 5-10km out.
The working group will take 6-12 months to carry out its initial processes, which will include starting conversations with local communities, identifying a search area to undertake feasibility studies.
It will also head up the setting up a longer-term partnership of local authorities, organisations, community groups and RWM, called a Community Partnership, which will cover the rest of the decision making process over the next 10-15 years until a test of support (such as a referendum) is carried out.
The plans have already sparked opposition campaigners into action with protests being held outside LCC’s offices for both previous meetings around the working group.
No protest was held outside ELDC on Tuesday out of respect for MP David Amess who was killed on Friday.
However, campaigners were watching the meeting with interest. They fear that the Test of Public Support could be removed in the future if no willing community is found or that RWM will push for a much larger search area than Theddlethorpe.
Following the meeting, Sara Bright said it would “not be in our interest for ELDC to boycott the working group” now that LCC had already joined.
However, she said: “We expect our local councillors to research way beyond the glossy RWM literature and become au fait with the local geology, look at the full impact of areas close to other nuclear installations, research how major construction is managed by large companies and take an in-depth view of job descriptions in the nuclear industry.
“They will be held fully accountable by the residents of East Lindsey. There is no margin for error with this proposed GDF.”
Protestors outside Lincolnshire County Council sang covers of popular songs changed to be thematic to their campaign at a recent executive meeting. | Photo: Daniel Jaines
Brian Swift said he hoped the working group would “carefully consider the worries and anxieties of the local community,” adding: “Nobody I have spoken to can see any benefit in the nuclear dump coming to Theddlethorpe”.
He said the area faced “10-15 years of indecision and uncertainty, which will inevitable affect people’s mental health and general wellbeing”.
He also warned councils against a “wall of silence” adding it would only add to feelings of mistrust.
ELDC’s executive committee will examine the plans on November 4.
Yarborough Road in Lincoln was closed northbound from The Avenue after a crash involving a car and a pedestrian on Tuesday afternoon.
Lincolnshire Police said shortly after 1.30pm on October 19 that they were at the scene on Yarborough Road (Yarborough Hill) and advised people to avoid the area where possible.
Police added that the road would be closed until further notice.
Whatsapp
