A former sports coach who sexually abused five teenage boys, an inmate producing makeshift weapons in attempts to kill two prison officers and a fellow prisoner, and a man who carried out the brutal machete murder of a dad-of-three, were among those given the longest jail sentences in 2019 in Lincolnshire.
Here’s a summary of court reports of the longest sentences from Lincolnshire Reporter and The Lincolnite this year:
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Aklakur Rahman was handed a life sentence for each attempted murder. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
An inmate who made makeshift weapons in attempts to kill two prison officers and a fellow prisoner was given life sentences for the violent attacks.
Aklakur Rahman was handed in a life sentence for each attempted murder, as well as five years for the GBH, all to run concurrently. It will be 13 years before he is eligible for parole.
Dylan Lamb was jailed for 30-years for historic sex offences. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
A man who ‘grossly abused his position of trust’ as a sports coach, sexually abusing five teenage boys, was found guilty of a catalogue of historic sexual offences and jailed for 30 years.
Dylan Lamb, 72, of Scawby, North Lincolnshire, was found guilty of the following offences: eleven counts of indecent assault, five counts of indecency with a child and five counts of other additional sexual offences. The victims were all aged between 13 and 17, or below, when the abuses occurred.
Kieran Walker, 23, was convicted by a jury of Jordan O’Brien’s murder. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A man who carried out the brutal machete murder of dad-of-three from Gainsborough was jailed for a minimum of 28 years.
Kieran Walker, 23, from Doncaster, attacked Jordan O’Brien, 25, in Scampton Way in Gainsborough on March 27 with such force that he almost severed one leg and left the other leg so badly damaged it had to be amputated at the knee. He later died in hospital.
Jordan O’Brien, 25, died after an incident on Scampton Way in Gainsborough. Photo: Facebook
Michael Brian Hayes, 65, was convicted of 18 sexual offences. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A 65-year-old man from Stamford, who carried out a campaign of sexual abuse against three children, was jailed for 24 years. He must also serve an extended licence period of two further years following his release from jail.
Michael Brian Hayes was convicted of 18 sexual offences, including six charges of rape. The offences occurred over an eight year period between 2008 to 2015.
Mariusz Skiba (L) and Dariusz Kaczkowski (R) attacked the man over a request for £1
Two men were sentenced to a combined 37 years in prison for a man’s brutal murder in a Boston car park.
Mariusz Skiba and Dariusz Kaczkowski had argued with Przemeslaw Cierniak on the morning of January 10, 2019 after the victim asked them for £1.
The victim has been named as 41-year-old Przemyslaw Cierniak
Kaczkowski, 33, of Woodville Road, Boston, who stabbed Cierniak to death, was ordered to serve a minimum sentence of 23 years before parole. Skiba, 32, of no fixed address, who joined the attack by ferociously kicking and punching him, was ordered to serve 14 years.
Grimsby man Craig Whittle, 45, has been charged with murdering Shaun Lyall in Cleethorpes. Photo: Humberside Police
A 45-year-old man from Grimsby was jailed for life over the murder of Shaun Lyall in Cleethorpes.
Craig Whittle murdered Shaun, 47, at a house on Sidney Street on July 17, 2018. Whittle also pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice in connection with the murder, as well as possession of a knife and drugs with intent to supply.
The body of Shaun Lyall was found at a house on Sidney Street in Cleethorpes in July 2018. Photo: Humberside Police
A jury at Hull Crown Court found Whittle unanimously guilty to all charges and Judge Paul Watson QC sentenced him to life.
Dion Hendry (pictured) has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Raymond Ward. Photo: Humberside Police
Dion Hendry was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Raymond Ward, 51, after inflicting 57 horrific injuries on his victim over the disappearance of two bags of heroin.
Hendry, 24, of no fixed abode, was given a sentence with a minimum of 18 years after the victim’s body was found in a disused local authority building on Cliff Gardens in Scunthorpe.
Murder victim Raymond Ward. Photo: Humberside Police
A 51-year-od man from Bulwell in Nottingham was jailed for life after brutally beating his partner to death on her birthday.
Andrew Highton was convicted of murdering Linda Treeby on May 29 and ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years in prison before he can be considered for parole.
Linda Treeby was murdered at a caravan park in Ingoldmells.
Highton punched, kicked and stamped on her and smashed a heavy glass ashtray into her face. He then left her dying on the floor lying in a pool of blood and walked off to a relative’s home nearby.
Edward Church was jailed for 17 years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Edward Church was jailed for 17 years after he admitted sexually abusing three young girls.
Church, 68, of Crowland, raped one of his victims in a car when she was just 12 years old, which occurred 10 years ago. He also admitted seven charges of indecent assault on two other young girls. Those incidents occurred in the early 2000s when Church was living in a village between Sleaford and Grantham.
Borge Bradwell, Daniel Charnock and Gavin Dyball have all been jailed. Photo: Humberside Police
Three men who viciously attacked a 65-year-old man in his own home were sentenced to a combined total of nearly 40 years in prison.
Borge Bradwell, 40, and Daniel Charnock, 38, both of Grimsby, were sentenced to 16-and-a-half-years in prison. They walked in the house and demanded money from the victim and when he didn’t hand any over they hit him with a baseball bat. The man fell to the floor and they continued to kick him causing serious abdominal injuries.
A third man – Gavin Dyball, 35, was with the pair before they broke into the house. He was seen standing as a lookout on the street whilst the attack was happening. He was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison for his involvement.
Lincolnshire woman with longest sentence – Alison Skingsly
Alison Skingsly was jailed for 10 years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Alison Skingsly was the woman with the longest jail sentence from the court reports covered in Lincolnshire Reporter and The Lincolnite in 2019.
The 43-year-old from Spalding killed her partner Kevin Nix, 46, when she drove for 200 metres with him clinging to the bonnet of her car before braking sharply.
Kevin Nix died after being hit by a car near a pub in Crowland. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A jury rejected her defence and found her guilty of manslaughter after hearing Skingsly became convinced her partner was flirting with another woman in the Crowland pub where they were drinking.
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A video has already appeared online showing a man throwing the first eggs at the newly installed £300k statue of Margaret Thatcher in Grantham town centre.
The video, shared by Twitter user @DesignsBarnes shows a male in a white t-shirt and khaki trousers walk to the statue with a box of eggs and a newspaper under one arm before lobbing the eggs towards the monument.
South Kesteven District Council declined to comment on the incident.
It comes as opponents say the statue of Margaret Thatcher erected in Grantham on Sunday will “bitterly divide” the town and nation.
The £300,000 bronze memorial to the Iron Lady was installed at 7am on Sunday morning.
Conservative leaders hailed it as a “fitting tribute” to to the first female Prime Minister who grew up in the town.
They said the hope was to “inspire, educate and inform” people and said the town should “never hide from our history”.
Mystery man throws first eggs at the new Thatcher statue unveiled today in Grantham pic.twitter.com/js2cwaidw5
— Dee Barnes Designs (@DesignsBarnes) May 15, 2022
However, opponents say the statue will only serve to cause harm to the town in its current prominent location.
Many believe the statue should not have been installed, or if it must, then it should be within the town’s museum.
Labour group leader at the authority, Councillor Lee Steptoe said: “‘She remains the most divisive PM in history, who cared little for the town she was born in or the millions who lost their jobs under her rush to de-industrialise and privatise the economy.
“Her place should be in the museum with a balance sheet of what she undoubtedly achieved against the cost of her policies such as the Poll Tax riots that helped bring her down.
“Like her statues are divisive and these Victorian concepts have no place in 21st Century.
“Sadly like her, the statue will now bitterly divide Grantham and the nation.”
The statue is lowered into place. | RSM Photography
Some have pointed out that the timing of the installation may indicate that those behind the plans were well aware of the threats that have been made around the statue and the opposition to it.
Twitter user @Rusthallred pointed out: “7am on a Sunday a normal time to put such a widely respected and loved person on a plinth?”
South Kesteven Liberal Democrat Councillor Amanda Wheeler said: “It’s interesting that they chose to erect it quietly without any fanfare on a Sunday morning.
“As a district councillor I wasn’t even aware it was happening and I suspect my invitation to the official opening may well be lost in the post.”
The statue is lowered into place. | RSM Photography
On social media, the divide was also already present.
On Twitter @OCallaghanRedux wrote: “Look forward to seeing the statue when I’m next in town. It’s important for towns to celebrate their famous sons and daughters; promotes civic pride and gives encouragement to the next generation.”
@Jrex62, however, wrote: “The witch was the architect of all the is wrong in the UK today. Let’s hope it doesn’t last long.”
Many already feared it would soon be damaged by vandals – something the council was warned about when it approved the plans in 2009.
@trawlerrider said: “It is a great thing but I fear it will be a constant object of attack from the idiots.”
Some even joked the harness lifting her into place, which had the appearance of a noose, should have been left on.
@Wag06237000 said: “Don’t take the lifting strap off, it suits her.”
A controversial £300,000 statue of Margaret Thatcher, approved by councillors despite threats of vandalism, has finally been installed on its stone plinth in Grantham town centre.
The massive memorial to the iron lady was installed on Sunday morning, May 15.
South Kesteven District Council had previously been coy to confirm details of the installation of the sculpture created by Douglas Jennings due to animosity and threats of damage.
Leader of South Kesteven District Council, Conservative Councillor Kelham Cooke, said: “This memorial statue of the late Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven will be a fitting tribute to a truly unique political figure.
“Margaret Thatcher will always be a significant part of Grantham’s heritage. She and her family have close ties with Grantham. She was born, raised and went to school here.
“It is, therefore, appropriate that she is commemorated by her home town, and that the debate that surrounds her legacy takes place here in Grantham.
“We must never hide from our history, and this memorial will be a talking point for generations to come.
“We hope that this memorial will encourage others to visit Grantham and to see where she lived and visit the exhibition of her life in Grantham Museum.
“This is about inspiring, educating and informing people about someone who represents a significant part of Grantham’s heritage.”
Baroness Thatcher was the UK’s first female Prime Minister.
Margaret Thatcher (nee Roberts) was born and raised in Grantham and attended Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School, before gaining a scholarship to study at Oxford University.
Her father Alfred, a grocer, was town mayor from 1945 to 1946.
The statue is lowered into place. | Image: RSM Photography
Sources close to SKDC told the LDR service there are plans to hold a big ceremony in the last week of May to unveil the town’s new feature – though this has still not been confirmed by the council.
Preparatory measures including anti-graffiti protection, were carried out just weeks ago.
Sculptor Douglas Jennings applying the finishing touches to the stature when it was created.
The bronze memorial to the Iron Lady was originally passed in February 2019 despite reports acknowledging it “would be a likely target for politically motivated vandals.”.
It is 10foot tall and sits on an equally high 10foot plinth – towering over St Peter’s Hill Green at 20ft tall overall.
It was brought to the town by Grantham Museum, SKDC and a Public Memorials Appeal.
Graham Jeal, of the Grantham Community Heritage Association said: “There has long been a conversation in Grantham about a more permanent memorial to the country’s first female Prime Minister who was an enormous political figure, both nationally and internationally.
“The delivery of the memorial has secured the museum for the next few years and has helped the museum finances survive the Covid pandemic.
“It is recognised that the full spectrum of views exist in Grantham about the legacy of Margaret Thatcher and an exhibition inside the museum illustrates this.”
The statue is lowered into place. | RSM Photography
Opponents to the plans have been loudly vocal about the damage some of Mrs Thatcher’s policies did to miners, the country’s energy supplies, LGBT rights and AIDs treatment.
However, supporters believe the first female Prime Minister, born and raised in Grantham, should be paid tribute for her successes and for putting the town on the map.
Plans to erect the statue in Parliament Square had previously been rejected by Westminster Council.
The statue being taken off the flatbed loader. | Image: RSM Photography
The build was delayed following the installation of the plinth in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A planned unveiling event itself became a source of controversy after it emerged that the council was proposing to underwrite the estimated £100,000 the ceremony would cost with taxpayer money, taken from the authority’s reserves.
That decision, which drew anger from local residents and saw opposition councillors describe it as ‘nothing more than a party,’ was reversed at a council meeting in March 2021.
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