Kings Lynn Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 118 verdicts at Kings Lynn Magistrates' Court (King's Lynn). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Michael Muller
Drink-driving
July 28, 2025

Sentence: 40 months driving disqualification, £900 fine, £360 victim surcharge and £85 costs

Michael Muller was pulled over on the A17 in his Ford Transit van with a nine-year-old girl in the passenger seat on June 21, 2025. He had 91mcg per 100ml of alcohol in his system, almost three times the legal limit, and magistrates noted he was fortunate not to be involved in a crash.
James Leonard
Theft and assault
July 28, 2025

Sentence: 18-month suspended sentence, six-month alcohol treatment programme and £315.89 compensation

James Leonard, 58, committed multiple thefts, attempted thefts, assault by beating, breached bail conditions and used threatening, abusive or insulting words, with magistrates describing his record as appalling.
Reece Bloy
Drunk and disorderly
July 28, 2025

Sentence: Six-month conditional discharge, £26 victim surcharge and £45 legal fees

Reece Bloy, 18, was on a night out with friends when he was ejected from Dr Thirsty’s nightclub. He was heard shouting, swearing and confronting someone on Norfolk Street in the early hours of June 22, 2025.
Rene Syvak
Driving while disqualified and without insurance
July 28, 2025

Sentence: Driving ban extended by three months, £120 fine, £48 victim surcharge and £45 costs

Rene Syvak drove while disqualified and without insurance on Lynn Road in Walsoken on March 19, 2025, in his son’s Volkswagen, as his son held only a provisional licence and became upset at a nephew’s grave.
Simon Sparrow
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
July 24, 2025

Sentence: 36 weeks imprisonment and £500 compensation

On September 29, 2024, Simon Sparrow was on a night out in King’s Lynn with his wife and friends after consuming four pints of lager. He noticed a man in a group being pushed away by his wife and decided to intervene, punching the man and knocking him unconscious. The victim was left unresponsive with blood from his mouth and head, and Sparrow attempted to flee the scene by returning to his taxi.
William Aitken
Assault
May 1, 2025

Sentence: £200 fine plus £100 compensation

William Aitken, 40, of Captains Close in Swaffham, became enraged over a parking ticket on March 10, 2024, at Swaffham Market Place, ripped it up, and threw it in the warden’s face, later returning to hurl more abuse. His solicitor said he was having a bad day.
John Scott
Indecent exposure
April 1, 2025

Sentence: £1,440 fine plus £576 victim surcharge and £85 court costs

John Scott, 62, was caught naked on all fours in the boot of his car on January 19, 2024, on a secluded road in Hockwold. He apologised to officers, saying he was trying to meet people and did not intend to scare others; his solicitor explained he was trying to meet other men.
Matthew Rowland
Possession of offensive weapon
March 1, 2025

Sentence: 12-month community order

Matthew Rowland, 39, was involved in an incident on December 6, 2024, with his brother Mark, related to animosity with a family member's partner, involving a crowbar, knife, and piece of wood with nails.
Mark Rowland
Affray
March 1, 2025

Sentence: 18-month community order

Mark Rowland, 38, of Orford Road in Swaffham, attended a family member's partner's address on December 6, 2024, armed with a piece of wood laden with nails due to animosity. He chased the man along the street but threw the weapon aside without using it.
Garry Bainbridge
Outraging public decency
March 1, 2025

Sentence: 18-month community order with accredited programme, 10 rehabilitation activity days, and 150 hours unpaid work

Garry Bainbridge, 30, of Hillen Road, was caught masturbating in front of two teenage girls at around 6pm on August 19, 2023, after they walked from McDonald’s on Lynn’s Hardwick retail park to a bus stop in South Lynn. He looked at them from his home, opening and closing curtains while wearing only underwear, then removed it and masturbated, pointing and laughing at them.
James Manning
Dangerously out of control dog
February 1, 2025

Sentence: 26-week suspended prison sentence for 12 months

James Manning, 51, of Main Road in Terrington St John, owned an XL Bully that escaped from his front garden and attacked a postwoman and her dog on June 21, 2024, at 9am on the road, leaving the victim with long-lasting injuries.
Shanell Carman
Drug-driving and related motoring offences
February 1, 2025

Sentence: 18-month community order with 120 hours unpaid work

Shanell Carman, 25, committed the offences in July 2024 while already banned from driving. Police followed her on a main road at Emneth, noting she was uninsured, swerving, jerky, and tailgating. She failed to stop, and a drug test showed 4.2mcg of cannabis per litre of blood, exceeding the 2mcg legal limit.
Sam Greenwood
Possession of indecent images
January 1, 2025

Sentence: 2-year community order with 25 rehabilitation activity days and 300 hours unpaid work

Sam Greenwood, 29, of Bury St Edmunds, was caught with an extreme pornographic image portraying a person performing oral sex on a horse, one Category A indecent photograph of a child, one Category B image, and four Category C photos. The images came to light after Norfolk Police received information about an X (formerly Twitter) account uploading illicit images of children with a strong rape theme, while Greenwood was in the Fakenham area.
Sam Skeggs
Using threatening words to cause alarm or distress
December 5, 2024

Sentence: £80 fine, £32 victim surcharge, £55 court costs

Sam Skeggs, 35, of Silver Green, was one of three involved in a brawl during the early hours on Norfolk Street in Lynn. The fight involved throwing punches.
Tuesday Langley
Using threatening words to cause alarm or distress
December 5, 2024

Sentence: £80 fine, £32 victim surcharge, £55 court costs

Tuesday Langley, 30, of Tower Place, was one of three involved in a brawl during the early hours on Norfolk Street in Lynn. The fight involved throwing punches.
Richard Glasgow
Driving while disqualified
December 5, 2024

Sentence: 6 months added to driving ban (total 32 months)

Richard Glasgow, 60, admitted driving while disqualified, as well as without a licence or insurance. He sped away from police in 'fight or flight mode' and said 'Oh no, it’s you again' upon recognition.
Aswin Krishnan
Drink-driving
December 5, 2024

Sentence: 20 months driving disqualification, £120 fine

Aswin Krishnan, 22, of Tennyson Avenue in Lynn, was spotted driving along Vancouver Avenue on November 10, 2024, before pulling up outside a home. He had been drink-driving and also drove without a licence or insurance.
Carmine Salamone
Breaching prohibition orders
June 1, 2024

Sentence: Fined £3,500 for one offence and £3,500 for another, plus £1,400 victim surcharge and £5,450 court costs

Carmine Salamone, a 59-year-old landlord from Bagge Road in Gaywood, breached prohibition orders by allowing extra rooms to be used for sleeping accommodation in two HMO properties on Highfield and Westmark in Gaywood. These breaches occurred in January 2023 and violated section 32 of the Housing Act 2004, relating to category one hazards under section 20. He has been a landlord for over 30 years and claims the tenants were a single family unit, not requiring an HMO licence.
Kristian Kendall
Assault by beating
October 1, 2021

Sentence: two-year community order with 100 hours unpaid work and Building Better Relationships programme

On the night between March 17 and 18, 2021, Kristian Kendall, 30, from Gaywood, continually assaulted his then-partner at his home in Dairy Way after drinking and taking drugs. He dragged her around by the hair, slapped her in the face several times, and continued the assaults throughout the night until her father collected her the following morning. The victim, aged 22, stated in a personal statement that the behaviour had devastating effects on her life, causing her to not leave the house alone anymore.
Charlotte Cottam
Assault by beating of an emergency worker
September 30, 2021

Sentence: £500 fine, £100 compensation, £145 costs, £50 victim surcharge

At 4.25am on August 29, 2021, in Norfolk Street, King's Lynn, Charlotte Cottam pushed a female police officer who had intervened between her and a man she was arguing with, believing he was trying to burgle her home. She was squaring up to the male in a group and continued shouting after arrest.
Cane Harrison
Common assault of an emergency worker
September 30, 2021

Sentence: £500 fine, £100 compensation, £145 costs, £50 victim surcharge

In the early hours of August 29, 2021, in King's Lynn, Cane Harrison was ejected from Bar One Hundred and involved in a disturbance. Police attempted to disperse him, but he became agitated, required pepper spraying, threatened officers, and spat on an officer's leg during a search.
Tommy Jennings
Racially aggravated intentional harassment and using threatening behaviour
July 29, 2021

Sentence: £275 fine, £100 compensation, £34 victim surcharge

On Boxing Day 2020, while being treated in an ambulance by paramedics after falling, Tommy Jennings, 21, of Westmark, King's Lynn, racially abused PC Mykola Nikolnikov, a Ukrainian-born officer who has lived in the UK for over 16 years and is a British citizen. Jennings swore and told the officer to go back to 'your own country', saying 'People coming over here, taking our jobs and telling us what to do.' The abuse continued at the hospital despite being told to stop. The officer was assisting to prevent Jennings from falling off the stretcher.
Alan Mitchell
Theft
July 15, 2021

Sentence: £50 fine and £70 costs

Alan Mitchell stole £98.79 worth of toiletries from Boots on June 7, 2021. He had previously received a conditional discharge in October for theft from Food Warehouse, which he breached. Mitchell, of Keeble Court, King's Lynn, informed the court he had been addicted to heroin for years but had been clean for 12 days and was on a methadone script.
Adam Kenna
Drunk and disorderly
July 1, 2021

Sentence: £100 fine, £105 costs, £34 victim surcharge

On May 28, 2021, just before midnight, drunken Adam Kenna walked in front of a moving police van on Bridge Street in Downham Market. When asked to get out of the road, he stuck his middle finger up at the officers, ran away when they stopped, and was subsequently stopped and shouted at them.
John Fallis
Failing to comply with firearms certificate requirements
July 1, 2021

Sentence: £300 fine, £250 costs, £34 victim surcharge

On August 13, 2020, police visited John Fallis's home in Church Close, Pentney, following a tip-off. They discovered live shotgun cartridges stored insecurely in a downstairs cabinet with keys in the lock, two upstairs cabinets that were insecure, and an open cardboard box in a bedside drawer. Fallis held a valid firearms certificate for air rifles and a shotgun, but failed to store the ammunition in compliance with its requirements. He did not respond to proceedings, leading to the case being proven in his absence.
Righteous Price
Motoring offences
June 25, 2021

Sentence: 26 weeks imprisonment and disqualified from driving for 5 years

Righteous Price from Marshland St James was convicted of multiple motoring offences after a faulty headlight or similar incident led to police intervention. He was sentenced following his guilty plea.
Irfan Ali
Possession of cannabis
June 24, 2021

Sentence: £50 fine and £34 victim surcharge

Irfan Ali, 38, of Lynn Street, Swaffham, was stopped by police in Lynn shortly after buying a quantity of cannabis, a class B drug. He admitted to officers that he smokes cannabis every day and had not wanted to be stopped knowing he possessed some.
Robert O’Keefe
Being drunk and disorderly
June 17, 2021

Sentence: £115 fine for being drunk and disorderly and £75 for breaching the suspended sentence order, plus £105 costs and £34 victim surcharge

On May 23, 2021, just before 1am, Robert O’Keefe, 32, of White Road, Methwold, refused to leave The Bell Inn pub in Downham Market after a row. He ran from police officers, climbed over the pub wall, and was stopped in the car park. Slurring his words, he refused to calm down and continued shouting and swearing, leading to his arrest for being drunk and disorderly in a public place. This incident also breached a 26-week suspended sentence order from October 2020.
Heacham Businesswoman
Drink-driving
May 22, 2021

Sentence: banned for 12 months

Heacham businesswoman sentenced for drink-driving days after killer of her husband released from jail.
Gaywood Drink-Driver
Drink-driving
May 21, 2021

Sentence: banned from driving for two years

Gaywood drink-driver's car rolled back in the road.
Maxine Jose
Driving while unfit through drink
May 20, 2021

Sentence: 12 months driving ban, £460 fine, £105 costs, £46 victim surcharge

On April 17, 2021, at around 4am in Lynn, 50-year-old Maxine Jose was observed swerving across centre lines while driving her vehicle. Police noted she appeared dishevelled with glazed eyes. A roadside breath test was positive, but she failed to provide a sample in custody. She had been at a friend's house and agreed to drive another unwell friend home despite still having alcohol in her system after limited sleep.
Raimonda Burkauskaite
Causing unnecessary suffering to a dog and drink driving
May 20, 2021

Sentence: 30 months driving disqualification (reducible with course), 12-month community order with 100 hours unpaid work, 5 years disqualification from owning a dog, £50 costs to RSPCA, £95 victim surcharge

Raimonda Burkauskaite failed to seek veterinary treatment for her Yorkshire terrier dog Gucci's fractured front leg for six weeks after it was first noticed limping on April 10, 2021. Despite being advised by police of available charities like the RSPCA to help with the £1,000 treatment cost, she took no action, leading to the leg's amputation. The dog was seized by police around April 17, 2021, and renamed Freddie. Separately, on April 17, 2021, in Wisbech Road, she was arrested for drink-driving after being pulled over for erratic driving, recording 134 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath (limit 35).
Unknown
Insurance charge
May 15, 2021

Sentence: driving ban

The man from West Norfolk was prosecuted for failing to pay a fixed penalty related to an insurance charge, leading to a court appearance where he received a driving ban.
West Norfolk Man
No insurance
May 15, 2021

Sentence: driving ban

West Norfolk man given driving ban for insurance charge.
Unnamed West Norfolk Man
No insurance
May 15, 2021

Sentence: driving ban

The man was prosecuted for an insurance charge after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice within nearly six months, leading to the case being brought to court.
Unnamed King's Lynn Man
Assault on emergency workers
May 10, 2021

Sentence: suspended prison term

The man spat on emergency workers while they were trying to help him. He had a prior prison sentence for similar offences last summer.
King's Lynn Man
Assault on emergency workers
May 10, 2021

Sentence: suspended prison term

King's Lynn man given suspended prison term for spitting on emergency workers as they tried to help him.
Unnamed North Wootton Man
Criminal damage
May 7, 2021

Sentence: Not specified

The man used a baseball bat to attack a DJ's door in North Wootton because he was unhappy about the noise from music.
North Wootton Man
Criminal damage
May 7, 2021

Sentence: unknown

North Wootton man attacked DJ's door with a baseball bat.
Tibor Raduly
Drink-driving
May 6, 2021

Sentence: 18 months driving ban, £330 fine for drink-driving, £330 fine for no insurance

Tibor Raduly, 35, a factory team leader from Lansdowne Street, was driving a Vauxhall Astra erratically in Hardwick Road at about 00.20am on April 5, 2021, swerving multiple times into the oncoming lane while on his way to Tesco to buy more alcohol. He failed a roadside breath test and in custody blew 68 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35. He only held a provisional licence and was driving unsupervised, invalidating his insurance.
Rightoues Price
Driving while disqualified and having no insurance
April 23, 2021

Sentence: £250 fine and 6 penalty points for driving while disqualified; £150 fine for having no insurance

On April 7, 2021, at about 12.20pm, Rightoues Price drove a Vauxhall Astra with a missing rear window from a garage forecourt along St Paul’s Road South, Marshland St James. Police attempted to stop the vehicle but lost sight of it, estimating speeds up to 100mph. The car was later found, and Price was arrested at a caravan, still wearing the same clothing seen on CCTV. He was driving while disqualified and without insurance.
Paul Oneil
Using threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm or distress
April 22, 2021

Sentence: £120 fine, £105 costs, £34 victim surcharge

On October 13, 2020, Paul Oneil, who was looking after a neighbour's dog for a month, confronted the complainant in Fakenham town after seeing him sitting with a female at Costa. The pair, who had known each other for five years, argued about the dog. Oneil shouted and swore, threw the dog's lead towards the victim, and threw a punch in his direction that did not land. The complainant felt alarmed and distressed, worried the dog might run into the road, and no longer felt comfortable going out alone.
Kerrie Ann Umney
Possession of cocaine (class A) and ketamine (class B)
April 15, 2021

Sentence: 12-month conditional discharge, £122 costs and victim surcharge

On June 12, 2020, police executed a search warrant at Umney's address in Orchid Close, Downham. She passed some cocaine and 15 grams of ketamine to police, retrieved from her bra and purse. She stated the ketamine was given to her by Western to hold while he went out, and she picked up another amount from the kitchen to prevent access by a child.
Luke Michael Western
Possession of ketamine (class B)
April 15, 2021

Sentence: £80 fine, £134 costs and victim surcharge

On June 12, 2020, during a police search at Umney's address in Orchid Close, Downham, where Western stayed some nights, 25 grams of ketamine was attributed to him. He gave the ketamine to Umney to hold while he went out for food and was arrested at a nearby property.
Howard Gleave
Assault by beating an emergency worker
April 1, 2021

Sentence: £576 fine, £229 compensation, £58 victim surcharge, £105 costs

On February 24, 2021, Howard Gleave, a 64-year-old man from Burnham Market, assaulted a police officer by punching him in the face during an investigation into a possible Covid regulations breach at his second home on Woodside. The incident occurred after reports from neighbours prompted the officer's visit. Gleave, expecting police due to neighbour issues, goaded the officer about his size when warned of arrest for pushing his wife away. He resisted arrest, leading to a scuffle where the officer used PAVA spray and handcuffs, and the officer's Samsung watch was damaged.
Christopher Denman
Drink-driving
March 25, 2021

Sentence: Disqualified from driving for 16 months and fined £200 total, plus £105 costs and £34 victim surcharge

Christopher Denman rowed with his partner over the phone while driving from his workplace in Bury St Edmunds to his home in Swaffham. He stopped at a garage in Spalding, consumed Heineken lager and rum, knowing he would exceed the legal limit, and then drove on. On February 26, 2021, he applied his brakes too late, crashed his Audi A4 into a roundabout on the A47 at Constitution Hill, and was found with hazard lights on. A breath test showed 57 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, above the legal limit of 35.
Matthew Meierhofer
Drink-driving
March 25, 2021

Sentence: Fined £200 and disqualified from driving for 20 months

Matthew Meierhofer, a 36-year-old care worker from Wensum Way, Fakenham, caught Covid-19 and blamed himself for passing it to residents, resulting in four deaths. He went out drinking to cope with the guilt and a personal argument, then drove a Renault Clio while over the alcohol limit on February 27, 2021, in Holt Road, Fakenham, where he was stopped by police and failed a breath test, blowing 86 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
Martin Fox
Shop theft
March 25, 2021

Sentence: 18-month community order with 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days, a thinking skills programme, a 12-month drug rehabilitation requirement, £200 fine, and £75 compensation

Martin Fox, 41, from King's Lynn, stole make-up and medicines from Boots in the town centre on four occasions in January, with amounts varying from £16 to more than £100, and the goods were recovered in some instances. On February 23, he stole make-up worth £156, which was also recovered. He was caught on these occasions and admitted to the thefts to fund his drug habit. Additionally, he breached coronavirus regulations by being outside his home without reasonable excuse on January 22 and violated a previous conditional discharge for possession of heroin.
Paul Taylor
Drink-driving
March 14, 2021

Sentence: 38 months driving disqualification, £120 fine, £105 costs, and £34 victim surcharge

Paul Taylor was stopped by police in St Edmundsbury Road, King's Lynn, on February 5, 2021, after his Vauxhall Vectra drove over a mini-roundabout in Loke Road and continued briefly on the wrong side of the road. He failed a roadside breath test and provided a reading of 51 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 micrograms. He has a history of similar offences, including four outside the last ten-year period and another in 2013.
Arune Plokstyte
Assault by beating an emergency worker
March 11, 2021

Sentence: Fined £200 for breach of coronavirus regulations, £180 for obstructing a police officer, £50 compensation to each of two assaulted officers, £143 in costs and victim surcharge

Arune Plokstyte attended a gathering at a neighbour’s flat in Hillington Square on January 24, breaching coronavirus regulations. Police arrived to issue a fixed penalty notice, but she refused to provide her details, obstructed an officer, and kicked two constables while shouting and swearing. She was arrested, and no injuries were reported to the officers, though she sustained facial bone fractures during the incident.

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