Behind bars: Lincolnshire criminals locked up in May 2017
Dangerous drivers, child sex offenders, armed robbers… courts in Lincolnshire have this month jailed criminals for a host of serious offences. Take a look at some of the Lincolnshire offenders convicted in May: Scott Cooper Scott Cooper was jailed for 15 months after he shopped himself to police when he became angry in Gainsborough town centre…
Faith Espin has been jailed for three years. Photo: Steve Daniels
Faith Espin, a mother of two, was jailed for three years and banned from driving for six-and-a-half years after she caused two crashes within three weeks while drink driving.
Stephen Lee Mitchell, 39 and Kevin Montgomery, 48, were jailed for a total of 25 years for grievous bodily harm and aggravated burglary following an incident on October 23 in Skegness in which a man in his 50s had his face slashed with a knife and was tied up and robbed in his own home.
Roy Hayes has been jailed for more than four years
Roy Hayes was jailed for four years and eight months after he committed sex offences against teenage girls over Skype, persuading them to strip and perform sexual acts as he watched.
Jamie Toyne was jailed for 16 months after he put his ex-girlfriend through a three-hour ordeal at the Travelodge hotel leaving her so frightened that she was physically sick. Read the full story here.
James Webster
James Webster, who has been jailed for five years and eight months
James Webster was jailed for five years and eight months after he carried out a serious of burglaries in Gainsborough and the nearby village of Morton earlier this year.
Scott Overton was jailed for a total of nine years and seven months for a series of offences including robbery and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Benjamin Priest has been jailed. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Benjamin Priest was jailed for 15 months after he tried to blackmail a married teacher after discovering he had shared explicit photos and sex chat with another woman.
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The 32-year-old man and 30-year-old woman arrested in the murder probe of an 11-year-old boy in Lincoln have both been released on police bail, without any charges.
The man was arrested on suspicion of murder and the woman on suspicion of manslaughter after an incident at a house on Geneva Street on St Giles in Lincoln.
Police were called to the house at 10pm on Friday night, January 22.
The 11-year-old boy was found unwell at the scene and was taken to hospital for treatment.
He was pronounced dead a short time later.
At the time Lincolnshire Police said the death was unexplained and it was treated as murder.
The man and the woman arrested at the weekend were released on police bail on Monday evening.
Lincolnshire Police said in a statement on Monday night:
“Once again, we’d like to remind people that this is an active investigation and that an 11-year-old boy has sadly lost his life.
“Speculative comments are not only deeply upsetting to those involved but can potentially undermine our investigation.
“If you have any information that can help, call 101 or email [email protected] quoting incident 472 of January 22.”
Ten people from Boston have been given fines for breaching COVID-19 regulations by driving dangerously in supermarket car parks.
Officers were called after three separate reports of dangerous driving in the car parks of Lidl and Tesco in Wyberton Fen, as well as on Marsh Lane Industrial Estate in Boston.
All three incidents took place and were reported to police between 5pm and 6pm on Sunday, January 24, though it is unsure if they were connected at all.
When officers arrived, the drivers were seen doing donut manoeuvres and racing in the snow.
A total of 10 people were given £200 fines for breaking lockdown guidelines, but this will be reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days, due to all being first time offenders.
As well as the COVID-19 fines, two of the vehicles were also seized as a result of being uninsured, with drivers reported.
A traffic offence report was also submitted after one driver was seen to be driving not just dangerously but out of control.
Inspector Fran Harrod of Lincolnshire Police said: “We would like to thank the public for bringing these incidents of dangerous driving to our attention.
“This is not only extremely dangerous to those taking part but to others in these areas.
“While we continue to engage and explain with the public, this was a blatant breach of the restrictions which will not be tolerated.”
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