They were jailed for a range of offences
A Lincoln paedophile caught in a sting, a dealer selling cocaine and heroin and a 25-strong drug gang were among those jailed in the first month of 2020.
Here’s a summary of notable court reports in The Lincolnite and Lincolnshire Reporter from January 2020:
He has been jailed for two years and ten months
A Lincoln man found himself caught in a paedophile hunters sting after sending explicit messages and pictures to what he believed to be teenage girls.
Patrick Malone, 34, set up a meeting with someone he believed to be the girl on WhatsApp, but when he turned up he was confronted by members of a paedophile hunter group. He has since been jailed for two years and 10 months.
Patrick Malone was caught in a sting. Photo: KKS
Jeaihan White was jailed for three years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Police found thousands of pounds worth of crack cocaine and heroin when officers raided a student flat. Officers discovered the tenant of the flat in Danesgate House, Lincoln, in bed on her laptop and surrounded by books. However, a search then revealed 188 wraps of crack cocaine and 58 wraps of heroin which were divided into street deals.
The cocaine and heroin was being sold by her boyfriend Jeaihan White, who was jailed for three years.
The drug gang have now all been sentenced. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Drug dealers involved in bringing vast amounts of cocaine and heroin into Lincolnshire were given lengthy jail sentences at the end of a series of court cases which have taken place over several months. In total 25 people were sentenced in connection to the major investigation.
Adam White.
A drink driver from Spalding killed a mum with two kids in the car after overtaking a lorry and crashing into slowing traffic ahead. Adam White was jailed for nine years.
Katy Cunningham, 46, from Peterborough died at the scene. She had her two children in the car with her, aged 8 and 11 at the time, who both suffered life-changing injuries.
Chloe Strong was jailed for over seven years. Photo: Humberside Police
Chloe Strong, 27, was jailed for seven years and nine months after slashing a victim’s face open in Grimsby and leaving her scarred for life.
Christopher Webster was jailed for 10 years. Photo: Nottinghamshire Police
A 30-year-old man from near Lincoln, who deliberately started a fire at his ex-partner’s house and also threatened a woman and her daughter with a knife, was jailed for 10 years. Christoper Webster, of Victoria Terrace in Newark, appeared in court on January 7.
Mark Harrison has been jailed for three years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Mark Harrison was jailed for three years after trying to force his way into the bedroom of his victims as they clung to the door handle to keep him out. He entered through a bungalow window in Revesby Drive in Skegness and growled as he went towards a man who retreated into his bedroom.
Adam Clifton was jailed for two years. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A man who was disarmed by a heroic shop worker as he tried to a rob a Boston store at knifepoint was jailed for two years. Adam Clifton slashed the air with the knife in the direction of the shop worker after entering Cooper’s Food and Drink store in Red Lion Street on October 15.
Harrison Davies. Photo: Humberside Police
A 23-year-old Grimsby man defrauded an elderly family member out thousands of pounds. Harrison Davies used the 79-year-old victim’s bank cards to fraudulently order items online without her knowledge or permission. Davies was sentenced to two years in jail – he was given a four month sentence for perverting the course of justice, which will run concurrently to the two years.
Mark Himsworth was jailed for 15 months. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Mark Himsworth, 39, was jailed for 15 months after breaking into his mother’s home and stripping off because she did not invite him round for Christmas.
Mark Oliver has been jailed for 12 months. Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A former boxer from Mablethorpe repeatedly punched his partner in the face after she told him their relationship was over. Mark Oliver, 51, was jailed for 12 months.
Prolific Grimsby shoplifter Kieran Kauss has been sentenced to nearly a year in jail. Photo: Humberside Police
A racially abusive and violent Grimsby shoplifter, who stripped naked in a local shop and caused thousands of pounds of criminal damage, has been sentenced to nearly a year in jail. Kieran Kauss, 24, of David Street in Grimsby was jailed for 50 weeks.
A lorry driver from Spalding was jailed for eight months and disqualified from driving for two years and four months after he killed a cyclist while on a hands free phone to call his wife. Marek Witulski, 40, was driving his HGV southbound on the A141 near Chatteris in Cambridgeshire on December 3, 2018 when the collision occurred.
A dramatic video shows a car engulfed in flames in the car park at Lincoln County Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
An on-call crew from Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue attended the scene on Greetwell Road shortly before 5pm on Tuesday, April 13.
The crew used one hose reel to extinguish the fire and fortunately no casualties were reported.
The car is probably a write-off. | Photo: The Lincolnite
Dramatic pictures from the scene show the severe damage that was caused to the front of the car.
Fall in county infections but a Boston spike
There have been 50 new coronavirus cases and three COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Tuesday — compared to 58 cases and no deaths this time last week.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 26 new cases in Lincolnshire, 19 in North Lincolnshire and five in North East Lincolnshire.
On Tuesday, three deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, none in North East Lincolnshire and -1 in North Lincolnshire. Fluctuations in data are usually due to some deaths in those areas being reallocated to other regions across the UK or a miscount. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
NHS England has reported two new local hospital deaths at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust hospitals.
On Tuesday, national cases increased by 2,472 to 4,375,814, while deaths rose by 23 to 127,123.
In local news, people aged over 45 can now book their COVID vaccinations on the NHS website after the government reached its target of offering a first dose to the nine most vulnerable groups.
There were recently some technical difficulties for people accessing the NHS website, but vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said the issues have been fixed – book a vaccine online here and find out if you are eligible.
Over the weekend, Greater Lincolnshire’s infection rate has fallen, with a spike in Boston only.
Similarly, the England average has also seen a drop in infections, but still remains nearly half Greater Lincolnshire’s rates.
Lincoln has dropped by more than half over the weekend and now has one of the smallest rates in the UK, with just 9.1 per 100,000 of the population infected with COVID-19.
Here’s Greater Lincolnshire’s COVID-19 infection rates up to April 12:
Greater Lincolnshire’s infection rates from Apr 5 to Apr 12. | Data: Gov UK / Table: James Mayer for The Lincolnite
In national news, Boris Johnson has warned that the reduction in coronavirus infections, hospitalisations and deaths “has not been achieved” by the rollout of COVID vaccines.
The prime minister, speaking the day after the latest easing of lockdown restrictions, instead said it was the national shutdown that had been “overwhelmingly important” in driving down COVID rates.
England is giving out its first doses of the Moderna jab, the third COVID-19 vaccine in the nation’s rollout.
It will be available at 21 sites, included the Madejski Stadium in Reading and the Sheffield Arena.
Along with the Pfizer jab, it offers an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for under-30s, after concerns about a possible link to very rare blood clots.
Greater Lincolnshire includes Lincolnshire and the unitary authorities of North and North East (Northern) Lincolnshire.
58,772 cases (up 50)
2,184 deaths (up three)
of which 1,302 hospital deaths (up two)
4,375,814 UK cases, 127,123 deaths
There will be another Kill The Bill protest in Lincoln next week, rallying against a new government bill that diminishes protesting rights.
Protests have been rife across the country since the government’s proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill was first discussed, with scenes turning violent in Bristol.
Over two hundred people peacefully took part in the city’s first march at Speakers’ Corner on April 3, including Extinction Rebellion activists and Socialist and Labour supporters.
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Now, after a post started doing the rounds on social media, another protest has apparently been scheduled for 2pm on Monday, April 17 at the same location on Lincoln High Street, as part of a national day of action.
A poster promoting a second event has been shared across social media platforms.
Protests are lawful once again after the government eased lockdown restrictions on March 29, but organisers are required to submit a risk assessment prior to any event.
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Organisers of the last protest were in close communication with police to make the event safe, and The Lincolnite has asked Lincolnshire Police if they have been made aware of another protest, but are yet to receive a reply.
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