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A 41-year-old woman and 28-year-old man have been arrested after a man in Boston was hospitalised with stab wounds.

Police were called to a report of an assault at 1.26pm on Sunday, January 17, on Sleaford Road in the town.

Tactical support teams joined a police presence at the scene, as well as an air ambulance which landed nearby.

A man in his 30s was taken to hospital with injuries that are believed to be stab wounds.

The man’s injuries were not life threatening and he has since been discharged from hospital.

A man, aged 28, and a woman, 41, were arrested on suspicion of assault in connection with the incident and remain in custody.

Police have said that anyone with information about the incident should call 101, quoting reference 217 of January 17.

Two men have been jailed and two received community orders for a violent attack on Lincoln High Street in 2019.

On the morning of July 20, 2019, a 38-year-old man was attacked by two teenagers as he was walking near High Bridge in Lincoln.

The victim was kicked and stamped on after being dragged to the floor, and received face and body wounds from a bladed article.

Within minutes of the first assault, the victim was approached by Adrian Johnson, 34, and Mark Guest, 38, who began a second attack.

Guest hit him with a bottle of Lambrini before punching him multiple times in the face, while Johnson pulled him to the ground and stamped on him.

Mark Guest, 38, of Monks Road, Lincoln, will face five years and eight months in prison. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police

The attacks left the victim with a fractured eye socket and a bloodied face.

Guest and Johnson fled the scene on foot but were caught and arrested within minutes by taser-equipped police officers.

All four suspects appeared before Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday, January 14 and were subsequently charged for their crimes.

The two teenagers from the first attack are now over the age of 18 and can be named as Corey Stenner, 19, and Nathan Williamson, 18.

The pair were identified through CCTV two hours after they attacked the victim and have now been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, with both pleading guilty.

Stenner, of no fixed address, received a one-year community order and 30 days rehabilitation, while Williamson, of Princess Street, Lincoln, was given a two-year youth rehabilitation order.

Adrian Johnson, 34, of no fixed address, and Mark Guest, 38, of Monks Road, Lincoln were charged with the same crime as the teenagers, but were given more severe sentences.

Adrian Johnson, 34, of no fixed address, will serve the same sentence as Guest. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police

Both Johnson and Guest were sentenced to five years and eight months in prison, as well as being handed a restraining order to protect the victim.

Guest told the court that he was acting in self-defence and sought a trial, but changed his plea to guilty part-way through the hearing.

Detective Constable Richard Gray, investigating the case, said: “The events were witnessed by members of the public returning home from the bars and clubs of Lincoln.

“Nobody expected to see such frenzied and violent attacks like this against one individual and I have no doubt that it must have been a very scary and shocking thing to see, let alone to be subjected to.

“Thanks to the response of officers that morning, all those responsible were quickly arrested and investigated by Lincoln CID.

“We take any violence like this exceptionally seriously and especially when weapons are involved.

“I would like to thank the victim for his cooperation with the investigation and hope this brings some closure to a difficult and traumatic experience.

“Please continue to report violence in our county so that we can pursue those responsible.”

There have been 541 new coronavirus cases and 31 COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire over the weekend.

The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 414 new cases in Lincolnshire across Saturday and Sunday, 72 in North Lincolnshire and 55 in North East Lincolnshire.

By the end of Sunday, 26 deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, three in North East Lincolnshire and two in North Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.

NHS England reported 15 new local hospital deaths at United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust, six at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and one at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals, making a total of 22.

The weekend saw national cases increase to 3,395,959, while deaths rose to 89,261.

Everyone arriving in the UK from abroad must now self-isolate as the government order to shut all travel corridors comes into effect.

The tighter restrictions, intended to protect against the spread of coronavirus variants, were announced last week by Boris Johnson.

Over the weekend, ambulance staff have said they are “at breaking point” as new data has shown a new COVID-19 patient is admitted to hospital “every 30 seconds”.

NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens told the BBC’s Andrew Marr the NHS was in a perilous situation with 15,000 more inpatients than there had been on Christmas Day.

All UK adults should be offered the first dose of a COVID vaccine by September — with the hope some restrictions can be lifted by March, Dominic Raab has told Sky News.

Speaking on Sophy Ridge on Sunday, the foreign secretary said: “Our target is that by September to have offered all the adult population a first dose, if we can do it faster than that’s great, but that’s the roadmap.”

Lincolnshire’s COVID cases up to Jan 17.

Lincolnshire’s COVID deaths up to Jan 18.

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Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Sunday, January 17

Greater Lincolnshire includes Lincolnshire and the unitary authorities of North and North East (Northern) Lincolnshire.

44,002 cases (up 541)

• 30,459 in Lincolnshire (up 414)
• 6,897 in North Lincolnshire (up 72)
• 6,646 in North East Lincolnshire (up 55)

1,677 deaths (up 31)

• 1,187 from Lincolnshire (up 26)
• 268 from North Lincolnshire (up two)
• 222 from North East Lincolnshire (up three)

of which 996 hospital deaths (up 22)

• 603 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up 15)
• 30 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (up one)
• 1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
• 362 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up six)

3,395,959 cases, 89,261 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.