Court Reporter

A shoplifter who produced a syringe when he was confronted by a brave store assistant in a Boston Co-op was on Friday jailed for 12 months.

Mark Foster, 49, also threatened a police officer with a bloodied syringe after they went to his home to arrest him. On both occasions Foster shouted the words “Hep-C,” a reference to the virus which can be spread from infected blood.

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The case of a woman charged with a double attempted murder after two 10-year-old boys were stabbed in a Lincolnshire village has been adjourned until later this month.

Police were called to a flat on Fold Hill, Friskney, on the afternoon of 29 November 2022 after reports of a concern for safety. Ann Marie McEvoy, 39, of Church Walk, Colchester, was arrested shortly after 1am the next day following an eight hour stand-off in which armed officers were present.

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