South Holland Police

24/08/2026

🚙❗ Vehicle seeks reunion with owner following multi-agency operation in South Holland

Barber shops and retail premises across South Holland have been visited by officers and Trading Standards as part of a targeted operation.

On Saturday 22 August, assisted by a specialist to***co detection dog, officers visited seven premises in the Spalding and surrounding areas.

Pleasingly, at the time of the visits, no evidence of criminality was identified within the stores inspected.

However, the day was not entirely without excitement.

At one location, officers observed a vehicle being driven suspiciously. The driver of the vehicle promptly decided they had other places to be and drove away, temporarily evading police while allegedly committing a number of road traffic offences in the process.

A short while later, the vehicle was found abandoned on Chancery Court, Spalding, having apparently parted company with its owner. Inside, officers discovered two large suitcases containing suspected counterfeit ci******es.

The vehicle itself was also seized after checks suggested it may not have been covered by valid insurance.

A message for the absent owner…

If you've recently misplaced a vehicle and are wondering where it might have gone, we may be able to help.
Better still, if you would like to be reunited with your vehicle, please contact Spalding’s Neighbourhood Policing Team via [email protected]. We will be delighted to provide the necessary paperwork and guidance required to begin the recovery process.
After all, every vehicle deserves to find its way home.

🗣️ South Holland’s Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant Callum Corder said: "Multi-agency operations like this are vital in helping us keep our communities safe. By working closely with our partner agencies, we can identify and disrupt criminal activity, safeguard vulnerable people, and tackle the issues that matter most to local residents. These proactive efforts send a clear message that criminal behaviour will not be tolerated, while helping to make our neighbourhoods safer places to live, work and visit.”

🗣️ Trading Standards Principal Trading Standard Officer, Andy Wright, said: “When we found the vehicle we were concerned that there was a suitcase in plain view on the rear passenger seat. Our to***co detection dog indicated the vehicle contained high value items. In order to safeguard the contents, I’m afraid we had to break the window. We currently have two suitcases containing large quantities of illegal ci******es and to***co that were found on the back seat and boot. We are concerned by the number of ci******es and to***co the driver had in his possession. I ask him to contact us so that we can discuss matters further.”

23/08/2026

We are appealing for information following a collision in Spalding in which a car failed to stop at the scene.

The collision happened just before 11am today (23 August) at Springfield roundabout, Holbeach Road.

It involved a car – make, model and colour unknown at this stage – and a black MV Agusta Brutale motorbike.

The rider of the motorbike, a man in his 60s, was taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening nor life-altering.

As part of our investigation we are now asking anyone who saw the collision, or who has dashcam footage, to contact us:

- Call 101 quoting Incident 151 of 23 August.
- Email PC Evelina Cale at [email protected] putting "Incident 151 of 23 August" in the Subject line.

21/08/2026

A junction in Spalding is closed while emergency services attend a collision involving two vehicles, reported to us at 9.06pm today (21 August).

The junction is near the level crossing, where Woolram Wygate and Sherwood Drive meet Pinchbeck Road.

Drivers should avoid the area while emergency services attend.

Incident 402 of 21 August.

19/08/2026

🚔 Speed Checks – Keeping Our Roads Safe 🚔

Our Neighbourhood Policing Team have been out completing speed checks across the area.

Alongside our reassurance patrols, community engagements and responding to calls for service, speed checks remain an important part of our work.

Over the last week, officers have carried out checks at:

📍 Main Road, Quadring
📍 Six House Bank, West Pinchbeck
📍 Gosberton Road, Surfleet
📍 Low Road, Spalding
📍 Spalding Road, Pinchbeck
📍 Chapel Gate, Sutton St James
📍 Bridge Road Sutton Bridge
📍 Drove Road, Shepeau Stow

Excessive or inappropriate speed can increase the likelihood of a collision and significantly increases the risk of serious injuries at those collisions. Speed checks help officers identify drivers who are putting themselves and the public at unnecessary risk. It also gives officers the opportunity to educate, challenge and where required take enforcement action against speeding drivers.

During the checks officers have:

Issued 9 Traffic Offence Reports for excess speeding offences
Seized 2 E-Scooters and issued the riders with Traffic Offence Reports for Insurance Offences
Issued 7 Traffic Offence Reports for no valid MOT certificates.
One driver is also currently under investigation for disqualified driving and providing false details.

Our team will continue to carry out speed checks in various locations across the South Holland area. Some of the check locations are selected from concerns raised by local residents. Your information is vital to help us understand where speeding is an issue and where our patrols can make the biggest difference.

You can provide information:
➡️ By email – [email protected]
➡️ By telling us about concerns via the 'Tell us about' section of our website: https://www.lincs.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/
➡️ By speaking with us while we’re on foot patrols

📹 Have you witnessed suspected driving offences?

If you have footage of careless driving, driving without due care and attention, dangerous driving, not wearing a seatbelt, failing to stop at a red traffic light or crossing solid white lines you can report this to us via Operation Snap where the footage can be reviewed and if the criteria is met enforcement action can be taken.

📸 Report at: https://www.lincs.police.uk/police-forces/lincolnshire-police/areas/campaigns/campaigns/op-snap/

Working together, we can help make our roads safer for everyone.

18/08/2026

Community Reassurance Patrols 👮🏼‍♂️ 🚔

This evening officers have been conducting high visibility patrols in and around Flinders Park, Donington, speaking with residents, engaging with the public and keeping a visible presence in areas where we know people have concerns.

These patrols are about listening to our communities, deterring further incidents and taking action where offences are identified. We will continue to patrol these areas and respond to reports of Anti Social Behaviour (ASB). Thank you to everyone who has spoken with officers this evening and continues to work with us to keep communities safe.

Seen something? Report it
➡️ By calling 101
➡️ By telling us about concerns via the 'Tell us about' section of our website: https://www.lincs.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/
➡️ By speaking with us while we’re on foot patrols
➡️ Or anonymously, via the Crimestoppers website: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/forms/give-information-anonymously
All information is handled sensitively and confidentially.

15/08/2026

The consequences of a head on collision, on a foggy day near Holbeach, were catastrophic. Amy was thrown 60 feet from her bike which ended up embedded in the car, and her bag was found 20 feet up a tree. Her life was cut short in the most horrific and violent way. As part of our campaign, Sam (pictured here to the left of Amy) tells us about the huge hole in her life where her sister should be.

Sam said, “She always wanted to be doing something completely wild and every other week you wouldn't know what she'd planned to do next. I think the last time we spoke before she died, she'd planned out this lovely trip to take her little 125 bike across the Middle East, across Syria.

“That encapsulates Amy as a person. Just absolutely wild.

“I'd portray her as this kind of mad spirit and a bit wild. But as a biker, she was very sensible. She wore all the right gear. She's been around bikes her whole life and knew the importance of being safe on them and especially around where we live, the rural roads.

“As she headed down the road in the in the fog, a car coming in the opposite direction overtook another car. She would have had no chance to stop what was happening. We've seen the pictures of it all. It's absolutely horrifying knowing that a person's body went through that.

“Telling my daughter about Amy dying – I'll never forget that conversation and I had just this crushing guilt that I need to introduce my (at the time) 5-year-old to the concept of death properly and that her Auntie Amy, who she loved to pieces, has died and you'll never see her again.

“The ongoing impact of losing Amy. It's huge and it's so vast across different areas of your life. And it changes as time goes on. To start with, it was just shock. How do I put one foot in front of the other and keep going?

“I miss my sister so much. The ongoing impact really is just a huge sadness and a huge hole that my life carries on around.

“I want Amy's legacy to be that somebody takes a moment and thinks what happened to her you could so easily cause to happen to someone else and you could be the safest driver in the world. But it's that one decision. You take that chance and Amy could be coming in the other direction. Somebody's Amy, your Amy, could be coming in that direction.

“And then that's it. That's somebody's life over. That's your whole life changed as well.”

These words from Amy’s sister, Sam, are taken from a new road safety video which shows the utter devastation that can be caused by a split-second decision on the road.

Link in comments to find out more about the campaign and watch the video.

14/08/2026

We are appealing for information after an elderly man was targeted in a distraction burglary at his home on Dick Turpin Way, Long Sutton.

Appeal following distraction burglary targeting elderly man in Long Sutton

We are appealing for information after an elderly man was targeted in a distraction burglary in Long Sutton.

At around 8.30pm on Tuesday 11 August, an 89-year-old man was at his home on Dick Turpin Way when an unknown woman entered through the rear door and claimed she was a carer checking on his welfare because of the recent hot weather.

The woman persuaded him to take a shower and offered to wash his hair. While the victim's eyes were closed, it is believed she stole his wallet from the bathroom, taking £125 in cash before leaving the property. The wallet was later found discarded inside the house.

Detectives believe the suspect may have carried out similar offences and are keen to hear from anyone who may have had a similar experience or who saw anything suspicious in the area that evening.

We are particularly interested in hearing from residents on Dick Turpin Way and surrounding streets who may have doorbell, CCTV or dashcam footage from between 8pm and 9pm on Tuesday 11 August.

If you saw a woman acting suspiciously, knocking on doors claiming to be a carer, or have any information that could assist our investigation, please get in touch.
You can contact Lincolnshire Police via our website, by emailing [email protected] quoting incident 555 of 11* August or anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

We would also remind residents that genuine carers and healthcare professionals should carry identification, and appointments should be arranged in advance. If you are ever unsure about someone at your door, do not let them in and contact a trusted friend, family member, or the relevant organisation to verify their identity.

We are also urging people to check in on elderly relatives, neighbours and other vulnerable members of their community who may be at greater risk of becoming victims of this type of crime. A simple conversation about doorstep safety and the importance of verifying someone's identity could help prevent someone else from becoming a victim.

*corrected 17/08/2026, 3.40pm

08/08/2026

Amanda has lived every parent's worst nightmare after another driver took the catastrophic decision to overtake in fog, causing a head-on collision with Amy’s bike.

Here, Amanda tells us about Amy, and the devastating experience of losing a child.

“She was stubborn, independent, bit crazy but kind and funny and just absolutely lit up all our lives. We loved her to bits.

“That particular day I knew that fog was forecast and had seen that it was starting to get foggy and I'd messaged her saying be careful, let me know when you get home.

“When I sent the message it had already happened. I didn't know she was already fighting for her life and she tried to do the sensible thing and leave earlier because the weather was deteriorating.

“She was thrown about 60 yards down the road. Her injuries were extensive. Her bike was embedded in the car. Her rucksack was found 20 feet up a tree.

“We understand that the driver did go and approach her, said something to her, and then was on the phone asking to be picked up. And then he just disappeared.

“The first driver that was being overtaken went to help her and a resident came out to help her, and then another couple of drivers came along and stopped to help her. We are massively grateful to them that she was not alone, that they were looking after her.

“The paramedics, the emergency responders, they fought with everything they had to save her.

“They did get her to hospital alive. That meant as a family we were able to spend time with her before we lost her.

“They took her into surgery, and they tried again everything they could to save her, but the damage was just too great. As well as broken limbs, she had massive pelvic injuries that were just not survivable.

“She has been robbed of her whole adult life. It just is so unfair.

“There's just this big hole now where Amy should be. I keep going. I have family to care for.
I need to go to work. Grief doesn't pay the bills. But she's never far from my thoughts.

“I can go along for a while being kind of numb and coping, but then every now and again, I still get this feeling of just despair and this sickness in the pit of my stomach, like somebody's just kicked me. That this is real. She's really not coming back.

“I just wish people would take a deep breath, step back and think, is it worth it? Do I really need to be there 30 seconds quicker? Is it worth risking that overtake when you can't see what's coming, whether there's a bend or a bridge, or the visibility is not great. It's not worth it.

“That could be your child, that could be your partner, your friend that is killed or severely injured.”

Pictured left to right – Amanda, Amy and sister Charlotte

Link in comments to watch the video and find out more about our campaign

06/08/2026

A man from Spalding has been charged with r**e and two other s*xual assaults.

A 40-year-old man has been charged with r**e, s*xual assault by pe*******on, and s*xual assault by touching, in Spalding.

Christopher Morris, of Parkside Crescent, appeared before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 5 August where he was remanded to prison while awaiting a plea hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on 2 September.

The allegations relate to an incident reported to have taken place at an address in Spalding on 29 July 2026.

If you have experienced r**e, s*xual assault, or any other s*xual offence, we encourage you to report it as soon as possible. However, we understand that people may choose to come forward days, months, or even years later for many different reasons. It is never too late to seek support or make a report. Whenever you feel ready, your experience matters, and support is available.

Even if you’re not 100 per cent sure, we want to hear from you so that we can make sure you’re safe.

If you’re not ready to talk to the police just yet, that’s OK.

Follow this link here - Support for victims of r**e and s*xual assault | Lincolnshire Police (https://lincs.police.uk/) to find out what other organisations can help and support you.

Incident 412 of 3 August refers.