These men were among the criminals jailed in Lincolnshire in October 2019. Photo: Lincolnshire Police/Humberside Police
A man who carried out two violent assaults at a local takeaway and a male who caused a head-on collision which left two people seriously injured were among those jailed in October.
Here’s a summary of notable court reports from October 2019:
Jamie Furnell
Jamie Furnell was jailed for 10 years. Photo: Humberside Police
Jamie Furnell, 26, of Hildyard Street in Grimsby, was jailed for 10 years after two violent assaults at a local takeaway including biting a man’s face. Furnell’s victims received some very serious injuries.
Atis Vetrins was jailed for 10 years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Atis Veterans, 34, of Newark Road in North Hykeham, was jailed for 10 years after causing devastating injuries to another male in a savage attack. Vetrins dragged his victim Saulius Rimkus from his bed then kicked and punched him to the head, leaving him with serious brain injuries and unable to walk or talk.
NImtiaz Khoda, 46, from Dubai, who stole nearly £9 million, was jailed for another nine years and eight months after failing to pay the money back. He conned the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust out of nearly £1.3 million after submitting a fake invoice when a mental health unit was being built at St George’s, Lincoln.
Abdulla Hamza, 33, formerly of Edinburgh Drive in Spalding, fled the UK after causing a head-on collision which left two people seriously injured. He is believed to have returned to his home country of Iraq and failed to appear for his trial at Lincoln Crown Court, where a four-and-a-half-year jail sentence was imposed.
Two masked men who stole from a safe during a raid on a Gainsborough convenience store have been jailed for over four years. Mark Cutler, 30, of Tower Street in Gainsborough was jailed for 34 months. Zak Metcalfe, 19, of Pingle Close, Gainsborough, was jailed for 16 months.
Costel Copalea and his accomplice Marius Stanescu were both jailed. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Two men who went on a day-long crime spree targeting victims across a 75 mile area, including in Lincolnshire, have been jailed. Costel Copalea, 20, and Marius Stanescu, 21, both of Manford Way, Chigwell, Essex, were each jailed for 32 months and are likely to face deportation.
Michael Furniss at Lincoln Crown Court. Photo: Steve Daniels
Royal British Legion worker Michael Furniss, 62, of Shuttleworth Court in North Hykeham, was jailed for two years and three months after being convicted of sexually assaulting a widow.
Deon Hartley-De-Roche has been jailed. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
University student Deon Hartley-De-Roche, 25, of Stavely Road in Wolverhampton, was caught with crack-cocaine and heroin worth over £1,800. He was jailed for 27 months after a hearing at Lincoln Crown Court.
Christopher Inkley, 26, of Linnet Close in Lincoln, was caught by police selling cocaine near the University of Lincoln during Freshers’ Week. He admitted charges of supplying cocaine and possession of ecstasy and was jailed for 27 months.
Adam Isham was jailed for 21 months. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Adam Isham, 33, who at the time was living in a tent on Holbeach Road in Spalding, was jailed for 21 months after smashing a bottle over the head of a security guard that attempted to stop him fleeing from a supermarket.
Mark Preston put his hands up in front of his face.
Banned driver Mark Preston, 26, of Tennyson Road in Mablethorpe was jailed and labelled as “stupid” after he tried to hide his face with his hands from the police. He was jailed for 12 months after admitting charges of driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and breach of a suspended jail sentence.
Disqualified driver Martin Vasjanov, 24, of Tattershall Road in Boston, failed to stop for police and led them on a 12-mile pursuit, as well as punching the roof of a prison cell. He was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Slawomir Kazmierczak has been jailed for nine months. Photo: Media Lincs
UK-based eBay trader Slawomir Kazmierczak, 55, was caught with two unworked sections of elephant tusk after police raided his home. He was also found to have illegal items of ivory jewellery made from elephants, which were killed after the 1947 legal deadline, and he was jailed for nine months.
Marcus Lowe, 41, of Monks Road in Lincoln was jailed for a total of 10 months after stealing designer watches from a city centre store while the window display was being rearranged. He admitted the theft of two wrist watches worth a total of £1,960 belonging to Ernest Jones jewellery store on September 9 this year.
A couple who carried out a savage attack on Lincoln High Street were both handed prison sentences in October. William Long, 26, and Charlotte Barnard, 22, of Riverton View, Ermine West in Lincoln were jailed for 10 and 9 months respectively.
Darren Ives, 50, of Mill Road in Cleethorpes, who breached a suspended sentence for a pub assault by trying to drive his car when three times over the limit, was jailed for four months.
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Health bosses expect more areas of the UK to go into higher tiers in the coming weeks, including potentially “some areas of Lincolnshire”.
Assistant director of public health Tony McGinty said there were “no discussions” currently ongoing with government agencies about numbers in Lincolnshire.
However, he said numbers of COVID cases will continue to increase.
On Thursday, the total number across Greater Lincolnshire passed the 4,000 mark — nearly five times September’s figure of 820.
The county is currently on the lowest tier (medium), which means it is subject to the general measures of tackling COVID, such as the 10pm hospitality curfew and the rule of six.
A chart of Lincolnshire’s cases up to October 22.
However, Lincolnshire borders tier 3 lockdowns in South Yorkshire, while to the west Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire has reportedly escaped the fate of some of its neighbours in going up to the highest level of restrictions.
Mr McGinty said: “I believe that more areas of the country, including potentially some areas of Lincolnshire, may be asked to consider going up a tier, or we may decide that we simply need to go up to tier to get to get additional control measures in place.
“That will be happening all over the country over the coming weeks now.” It is understood this could happen by the end of November.
Mr McGinty said more “sensitive” local control measures were still the best way forward for now, but added “the time may come where that isn’t feasible anymore”.
“The longer that we can allow areas that can manage it to have more economic, social and well-being freedom, the better.
“We face a very long winter otherwise, if we go to the higher levels of restrictions earlier than we need to.”
Lincolnshire is tier 1 – medium – lockdown.
Although there is no published criteria for which areas move up and down a tier, it is understood to include those areas with a rate of more than 100-150 cases a week per 100,000, as well as how long they have been in that bracket.
According to the latest government data, Lincolnshire’s latest seven-day rate was 102.1 per 100,000. Meanwhile North East Lincolnshire was 229.4 and North Lincolnshire was 159.
At a district level, Lincoln (166.2), South Kesteven (112.3) and Boston (106.9) all sit within the criteria level.
The worst affected parts of the Greater Lincolnshire region include New Waltham (409.5) and the Great Coates and The Willows (482.5) areas in the Grimsby area.
Greater Lincolnshire is doing much better than its neighbours for COVID-19 infection rates but numbers are rising rapidly.
In Lincoln, the Wharf and University (337.7) and Boultham and New Boultham (323.5) areas have the highest infection rates in the most recent figures.
However, health bosses warn that the more local you get with figures, the more variation you might see on a week-to-week basis.
This number can also be hugely affected by the density of population, as well as smaller localised outbreaks in locations such as a schools, care homes or factories.
There have been 1,429 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Greater Lincolnshire this week.
The latest UK coronavirus dashboard figures for Friday showed 153 cases in Lincolnshire, 44 in North Lincolnshire and 73 in North East Lincolnshire.
In total there have been 4,286 cases for the month of October.
This week has also seen 25 deaths of Greater Lincolnshire residents reported by government, with eight of those confirmed to be in the region’s hospitals.
NHS figures for Friday reported three further deaths in hospitals, with two taking place at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust facilities and one at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust facilities.
The government’s own death tally, which includes those both in and out of hospitals and those of residents in hospitals outside the county, showed five new deaths, including four in Lincolnshire and one in North Lincolnshire.
Nationally, cases increased by 20,530 to 830,998, while deaths jumped by 224 to 44,571.
A chart of Lincolnshire’s cases up to October 23.
Lincolnshire is currently still on the medium (tier 1) level for the the new three-tier lockdown system of COVID-19 risk, which means it has no extra restrictions on top of the nation-wide ones.
As of Friday, there are 88 patients with coronavirus at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire NHS Foundation Trust facilities.
Also, parents are being urged to make sure children follow the social distancing rules during half-term, to avoid outbreaks in schools upon their return.
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire for Friday, October 23
8,878 cases (up 270)
5,755 in Lincolnshire (up 153)
1,804 in North Lincolnshire (up 44)
1,319 in North East Lincolnshire (up 73)
446 deaths (up five)
299 from Lincolnshire (up four)
94 from North Lincolnshire (up one)
43 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)
of which 292 hospital deaths (up three)
155 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up two)
6 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
130 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up one)
830,998 UK cases, 44,571 deaths
DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update. postcode data includes deaths not in healthcare facilities or in hospitals outside authority boundaries.
A further four schools and one nursery in Lincolnshire have positive cases of coronavirus on Friday.
Lincolnshire County Council said on October 23 that it is working with 88 schools with COVID-19 infections. It is also working with nine nurseries, with Sunflowers Nursery in Saxilby the latest on the list.
There are 14 schools in North East Lincolnshire with current active suspected or confirmed cases. There have been at least seven schools with cases in North Lincolnshire.
The latest additions to the county council’s list are Barnes Wallis Academy (Tattershall), Bourne Grammar School, Spalding Academy and Tedder County Primary School (Ashby de la Launde, Lincoln).
Hawthorn Tree School (Boston), Woodlands Academy (Spilsby), Springwell Alternative Academy (Grantham), St George’s Academy (Ruskington) and Little Learners Pre-School (Lincoln) are the schools currently closed, according to the council’s list.
When there is a positive result at a school it is considered an active case for 14 days. This period will start afresh if there is another positive case at the school. This is why some schools remain on the active case list longer than others.
Andy Fox, consultant in public health, said: “As of this Friday, Lincolnshire’s Health Protection Team is currently working with 88 schools that have had confirmed cases of coronavirus.
“All schools are taking action to limit the potential spread of the virus, with some pupils and staff self-isolating as a precaution where necessary.
“Like the rest of the country, Lincolnshire has seen case numbers rise in recent weeks, and an increasing number of schools affected.
“However, the majority of schools remain fully open, and those affected are working really well to limit both the risk of the virus spreading and the impact on the pupils’ education.”
Schools with current confirmed cases (new in bold at the top):
Barnes Wallis Academy, Tattershall
Bourne Grammar School
Spalding Academy
Tedder County Primary School, Ashby de la Launde, Lincoln
Lincoln College
Queen Elizabeth High School, Gainsborough
Hackthorn Primary School
Kesteven and Sleaford High School
Lincoln Castle Academy
Lincoln Carlton Academy
Bluecoat Meres Academy, Grantham
Kesteven and Grantham Girls School
Barrowby Primary School
Billingborough Primary School
The Priory Academy LSST
Priory Ruskin Academy, Grantham
Boston College
Hawthorn Tree School, Boston (closed)
Caistor Yarborough Academy
Haven High Academy, Boston
Malcolm Sargent Primary School, Stamford
St George’s Academy, Sleaford
St Peter and St Paul Academy, Lincoln
Kirkstone House School, Baston
Stamford Endowed Schools
Manor Leas Junior School, Lincoln
St Hugh’s Catholic Primary, Lincoln
Ermine Academy, Lincoln
St Giles Academy, Lincoln
Branston Community College Academy
Grantham College
Kelsey Primary School
Birchwood Junior School, Lincoln
Great Steeping Primary School, Spilsby
Walton Academy, Grantham
Woodlands Academy, Spilsby (closed)
Skegness Academy
Blyton Cum Laughton Primary School
Castle Wood Academy, Gainsborough
The King’s School, Grantham
Westgate Academy, Lincoln
William Farr School, Welton, Lincoln
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn, Lincoln
Kisimul School Acacia Hall, Freisthorpe
Leslie Manser Primary, Lincoln
Lincoln St Christopher’s Special School
Long Sutton Primary School
Market Deeping Community Primary
Springwell Alternative Academy, Grantham (closed)
St Nicholas Primary, Boston
Community Learning in Partnership, Gainsborough
Grantham Preparatory International School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Horncastle
St Michael’s Primary School, Thorpe on the Hill
University Academy Long Sutton
Denton Primary School, Grantham
Bridge House Independent School, Boston
Charles Read Academy, Grantham
De Aston School, Market Rasen
The Lancaster School, Lincoln
The St Sebastian Primary School, Grantham
Waddington All Saints Academy
Bourne Academy
Claypole Primary School
St George’s Academy, Ruskington (closed)
Swinderby All Saints Primary School
University Academy Holbeach
Carre’s Grammar School, Sleaford
Louth Academy
Boston Grammar School
Hartsholme Academy, Lincoln
Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School
Harlaxton Primary School, Grantham
Holbeach Primary Academy
Priory Pembroke Academy, Cherry Willingham
Little Learners Pre-School, Lincoln (closed)
The Deepings School
Spalding High School
Manor Farm Academy, North Hykeham
Scampton Primary School
Sutterton Fourfields Primary School, Boston
St Botolph’s Primary School, Sleaford
Fleet Wood Lane Primary School, Spalding
King Edward VI Academy, Spilsby
Kirkby on Bain Primary School
Spalding Parish School
The National Junior School, Grantham
William Alvey School, Sleaford
Public Health are also aware of the following nine nurseries with positive cases (new in bold at the top):
Sunflowers Nursery, Saxilby
Town and Country Kiddies Nursery, Louth
Seashells Nursery, Mablethorpe
Angels Childcare, Lincoln
Little Learners Nursery, Skegness
Nutwood Day Nursery, Lincoln
Clarence House Day Nursery, Grantham
Little Acorns Day Nursery, Boston
Elsaforde Nursery, Sleaford
North East Lincolnshire
According to the latest available data, there are 14 with current active suspected or confirmed cases in North East Lincolnshire.
Tollbar Academy
Grimsby Institute
Ormiston Maritime Academy
Cleethorpes Academy
Franklin College
Healing Science Academy
Humberston Academy
William Barcroft Junior School
Humberston CE Primary School
Signhills Academy
Havelock Academy
Weelsby Academy
There are also two further unnamed schools with active suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases.
In addition, there have also been seven pre-school/alternative settings with cases since the start of September.
North Lincolnshire
There have been at least seven schools, as well as John Leggott College in Scunthorpe, with cases in North Lincolnshire since term restarted.
However, North Lincolnshire Council said it was unable to provide data regarding schools in the region with coronavirus cases.
A road closure has been put in place for around 10 weeks as the Environment Agency starts work on Sincil Dyke outside Lincoln City Football Club’s LNER Stadium.
The works are part of the Environment Agency’s £6 million Lincoln flood defence project and its team will be on site until December. However, work will not take place on Lincoln City match days.
The works will involve a series of improvements to flood defences up to the Spencer Street footbridge.
The works will include strengthening the flood wall running outside the football stadium. | Photo: Environment Agency
This will include strengthening the flood wall running outside the football stadium, installing erosion protection, rock armour and steel sheet piling in specific locations along the river bank.
The scheme will help reduce the risk of flooding to local homes and businesses.
The works are part of the Environment Agency’s £6 million Lincoln flood defence project. | Photo: Environment Agency
The £6 million Lincoln Defences Project, led by the Environment Agency, began in June 2019 and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2021, subject to reasonable weather conditions.
More than 2km of riverside walls and three sluices will have been renovated including at Stamp End, as well as environmental improvements. This will generate economic benefits valued at almost £33 million.
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