Lincoln Crown Court Sentencing Results

Joshua Hancock, 28, helped Nicholas Metson dispose of the victim's dismembered remains in the River Witham at Bassingham in the early hours of 25 March 2023 after being paid £100. He was unaware of the murder but assisted in placing body parts into bags and disposing of them. Not all remains were recovered.

Kevin Hurford was a juror in a child sex case at Lincoln Crown Court in August last year. Despite the trial judge's direction not to conduct their own research, he Googled the defendant after being shown something by Emma Jackson and admitted sharing the research with other jurors. The trial collapsed and had to be re-tried in April this year.

On 24 June, Leanne Thornton, 43, joined her partner Danny Lodge in assaulting a vulnerable 19-year-old victim at a Travelodge in Spalding. She placed sugar in a kettle and threw boiling water towards the victim, repeatedly punched him to the head, and helped force him to remove bloodied sheets before he was pushed into a river. She also assaulted police officers during arrest.

Jacob Mizio, working as a doorman at the XO nightclub in Spalding, pushed customer the victim to the ground outside the Westlode Street premises on a date prior to May 2022. CCTV showed a hard shove to the left shoulder causing the victim to fall face first onto the pavement, resulting in multiple fractures to the left side of his face, a black eye, broken nose and lost tooth. A second push caused the victim's cousin to fall on top of him. The victim was celebrating the birth of his child and had not been causing trouble. Mizio, of Double Street, Spalding, was ordered to pay £1,920 compensation and complete 10 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

On 13 November 2022, Jay Savage threw a bottle containing vinegar, hydrochlorite bleach and tin foil into the Lincolnshire Poacher pub in Spalding to make others believe it would explode. A warning phone call was made to the landlord. The bottle would have released chlorine gas if opened. Savage, of no fixed address, had previously warned the pub would be 'off the grid' after issues involving his former partner.

On 29 June 2024, Fiona Phippen was driving her Nissan Qashqai at speeds up to 51mph on the A1 near Grantham when she left the road and careered across the forecourt of Foston Services without braking. She struck the victim, 20, who was standing next to her family's Mercedes, causing catastrophic injuries from which she died in hospital the next day. The victim's grandmother, 83, inside the vehicle, was seriously injured. CCTV showed the collision and the victim's brother jumping out of the way. Phippen had been on a video call that ended 38 seconds before impact and 32 seconds before she left the A1. She later admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. No mechanical faults were found with her vehicle.

Scott Reynolds, of Salem Street, Gosberton, admitted smacking a young child on the buttocks with excessive force on August 16. He hit the child three or four times after becoming upset because he believed the child had drowned two puppies. Reynolds initially disputed the severity of bruising shown in photographs but accepted the charge of child cruelty. The court heard he was a trained boxer who sometimes did not appreciate his own strength.

Wiggins attacked a man and a woman in Lincoln with a meat cleaver in an unprovoked attack on January 9. He struck the woman on the head, causing a serious cut, and then fled. A co-defendant assaulted the man.

Paul Neilson, 30, of Priory Road, Spalding, assaulted his girlfriend three times (on 8 July and twice on 10 July 2023) in Spalding, captured on CCTV. After she died in a tent in the churchyard on the night of 10 July, he persistently lied to friends, officials and others that she had returned to Scotland, delaying discovery of her body until 17 July. This prevented the cause of death from being established. He was initially charged with murder and manslaughter but those charges were dropped. He admitted perverting the course of public justice between 10 and 18 July 2023 and the three assaults.

Riaz Wadood, 32, from Irwell Street, Bury, played a key supporting role as second-in-command to Muhammad Hussain in the importation of 240kg of cocaine concealed within machinery from South America. He used businesses as a cover and had substantial influence on others in the chain. The plot was uncovered after Border Force intercepted an 80kg cocaine delivery in November 2024.

A 45-year-old woman from Ingoldmells, Matilda Price, was sentenced after admitting to selling counterfeit luxury goods valued at more than £1 million from her retail store. Trading Standards officers raided the shop in 2023, uncovering over 1,600 fake items—including handbags and clothing falsely branded as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Gucci—concealed in wheelie bins and a back storeroom. The potential retail value of the goods if sold as genuine was estimated at £1.25 million. Price admitted involvement for approximately 15 months.

Marcus Cook, 55, of London Road, Spalding, was seen standing naked in the street on multiple occasions. On November 13, 2023, a woman saw him standing completely naked on a public footpath outside his home. On November 17, the same woman saw him come to the front door completely naked. On December 11, another woman saw him stood by his front door completely naked and warned nearby school children. On December 12, four school girls saw him stood fully naked on his front doorstep. Cook admitted the offences in police interview, stating voices told him to do it. A psychiatric report highlighted his medical history and difficult childhood.

Nathan Gladwell was convicted of false imprisonment after a man was held captive at a property on 4 July 2025 and then moved to another property the next day. The victim was subjected to violence, threats and humiliation before escaping by jumping from a first-floor window and running to a police car.

Muhammad Hussain, 37, from Greengate Close, Bury, set up a number of plastic businesses on the Corringham Road industrial estate in Gainsborough to disguise the importation of 240kg of cocaine from South America. Border Force intercepted a delivery of 80kg of cocaine destined for the business in November 2024, revealing two earlier shipments in July and September 2024. Hussain was identified as the leader of the UK operation and was close to the original supply.

Stuart Wright, 72, of Broad Lane, Moulton, committed multiple sexual offences against two girls over a period of decades. The first victim reported offences from 2017 to 2020, and the second reported offences between 1997 and 2000. He was found guilty at Lincoln Crown Court.

Tiberiu-Lucian Grozav carried out an unprovoked attack on a work colleague in Spalding on August 25, 2023, after blacking out during a night of drinking. He punched the victim in the face on St John’s Road, causing three fractures around the victim's right eye socket. The victim later attended hospital and lost a day's pay. Grozav, of Lancelot Way, Spalding, admitted the offence and had secured a place at the London College of Contemporary Arts.

Trevor Robinson, 79, of Martin Close, Skellingthorpe, breached his 2014 anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) prohibiting possession of child’s prams, pushchairs, soft toys etc. on three occasions: spotted with a pram in Trelawney Crescent, Lincoln on 6 March 2024; seen with a pram containing a dressed dog toy in Cuckoo Walk, Witham St Hughs on 18 May 2024 while behaving inappropriately; pram found in boot of car on Saxilby Road, Lincoln on 20 June 2024.

Tristan Boon appeared at Lincoln Crown Court after breaching a suspended prison sentence order imposed in February for supplying cannabis and attempting to fraudulently evade duty. He had failed to attend his first probation appointments but later showed significant improvement. The judge imposed a £250 fine for the breach rather than activating the suspended jail term.