Courts

A serial shoplifter who stole meat to fund his drug habit will be jailed if he offends again.

Police officers are calling for information to help tackle persistent begging in a town centre.

Jurors were today shown footage of the moment police discovered the body of a woman who was allegedly killed in her home.

A man will go on trial after he denied a charge of intentional strangulation.

A man faces an "inevitable" jail sentence after admitting fraud offences.

A court was told that a crash victim’s heart stopped three times — with the driver now jailed for causing the incident.

A delivery driver was seen swerving towards oncoming traffic and vomiting on the roadside before failing a drug-driving test.

Police are increasing patrols around a town park after receiving reports of teenagers fighting.

A jury will be asked to decide if a man killed a woman who was found dead in Spalding after a judge ruled he was unfit to face a criminal trial.

A sex offender who breached a court order by grooming and attempting to meet underage girls has been jailed for child sexual exploitation.

A man who subjected a woman to a "living nightmare" during a campaign of stalking has been jailed for two years and eight months.

A ‘desperate’ homeless man who stole £70-worth of washing tablets after his tent was slashed has been told that theft is never the answer.

A drinker who fractured a man’s skull with a single punch has escaped jail - but will be behind bars if he consumes alcohol in the next four months.

A businessman who absconded after making a criminal benefit of more than £4 million from illegally trading in catalytic convertors is still at large.

A civil engineer spotted falling off his motorbike at a drive-thru restaurant has been banned from the roads.

Police have closed three shops for selling illegal cigarettes and vapes.

A man who seriously injured a van driver when he tried to overtake three cars was today jailed for 26 months.

A man who murdered a 69-year-old man in his own home just two days after being released from prison was today jailed for life.

A 35-year-old woman has today appeared in court charged with causing the deaths of two teenagers by dangerous driving.

A 23-year-old man convicted of three rapes and multiple sexual assaults has been given an extended prison sentence.