Boston Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Justin Grimshaw, owner of Pendragon Antiques in Spalding’s Red Lion Street, was found to have illegal goods including a taxidermy pine marten, kestrel on a branch, kestrel in a case, barn owl, tiger tooth, sawfish rostrums, and ivory items. Police visited the store in May 2024 and his home in August 2024, seizing items after a tip-off. He offered these protected species for sale online between June 2019 and January 2024, violating relevant legislation.

Zac Johnson and Charlotte Johnson neglected their four-year-old English bulldog, Esme, who was found dead and emaciated in a shed at their property on Gleed Avenue, Donington, near Spalding. Esme suffered from severe malnutrition, stomach ulceration, multiple plastic foreign bodies, blood clots, liver and kidney congestion, conjunctivitis, and a bilateral eye infection. The owners failed to investigate or address her weight loss and poor condition over several weeks, leading to her unnecessary pain and distress.

Charlotte Johnson and Zac Johnson neglected their four-year-old English bulldog, Esme, who was found dead and emaciated in a shed at their property on Gleed Avenue, Donington, near Spalding. Esme suffered from severe malnutrition, stomach ulceration, multiple plastic foreign bodies, blood clots, liver and kidney congestion, conjunctivitis, and a bilateral eye infection. The owners failed to investigate or address her weight loss and poor condition over several weeks, leading to her unnecessary pain and distress.