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Crime and Courts
Gaywood: ‘Distinctive’ bicycle stolen
THIEVES have stolen a distinctive bicycle from outside a supermarket in Lynn.
Lynn: Group of men spotted at the scene of the crime
A GROUP of men were spotted at the scene of a burglary at a property in Lynn.
Downham/Southery/Saddlebow: Battery thefts from temporary traffic lights
BATTERIES have been stolen from three sets of temporary traffic lights placed in the Downham area and at two other sites.
Gaywood: Car targeted in wheelie bin arson
A WHEELIE bin was set alight after being placed next to a parked car which also caught fire and caused substantial damage.
Driver is fined for speeding
A SPEEDING van driver escaped a ban at West Norfolk Magistrates’ Court today.
Admits being drunk and disorderly
A MAN who admitted being drunk and disorderly outside a Lynn nightclub told magistrates he was provoked by police.
Ban for driving over the limit
DRINK-driver Aaron Wick was banned from driving for a year by West Norfolk Magistrates today.
Lynn: Crime prevention surgery for students
STUDENTS at the College of West Anglia are being given the chance to meet their local police and get crime prevention advice tailored to their needs.
South Lynn: Thieves break into outbuildings
TWO sheds and a summer house were broken into at a property in South Lynn last Tuesday.
Lynn: Man targeted in racist attack
WITNESSES of an alleged racist incident are being asked to come forward after a group of youths shouted racist abuse at a man in Lynn town centre.
Walpole: Thieves meddle with your metal
LARGE iron gates were stolen from the driveways of two homes in Walpole Highway.
Sort your life out, say magistrates
MAGISTRATES told a 26-year-old he was being given the chance to sort his life out through a community sentence.
Lynn: Dine and dash
POLICE are looking for a couple who walked out of a Lynn restaurant without paying for their meal.
Racist attack in Lynn street was nasty
ONE man has been jailed and another given a suspended prison term for a racist street attack on two Lithuanians.
‘Wrong to speculate’ on death crash on A47
THE cause of a crash in which a well-known Fenland man died remains a mystery following an inquest this week.
BREAKING NEWS - Police renew appeals for witnesses to fatal crash near Lynn Mart
POLICE have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to a road accident close to the site of Lynn Mart yesterday in which a three-year-old boy died.
Theft at garage
POLICE are looking for witnesses after a driver stole fuel from a petrol station in Fakenham last week.
A good deed for thieves
TWO shoplifters from Lynn have agreed to repay a supermarket after they were caught stealing over £100 worth of alcohol.
Council launches burner legal bid
COUNCIL leaders have been “frustrated at every turn” over what they see as a Government department’s refusal to engage with them over the Lynn incinerator controversy.
Teen jailed for threats to boy
A TEENAGER described by his solicitor as being “in the lowest one per cent of intellect in his age group” was sent to prison for eight weeks yesterday.
Jailed for threat to stab girlfriend
A MAN who threatened to stab his girlfriend in the face was jailed for 19 weeks yesterday.
Driving ban after switch of drinks
A BUILDING site foreman got an 18-month driving ban after switching from his usual ale and getting behind the wheel.
Roofer to get £400k pay out after QEH op
LYNN’S Queen Elizabeth Hospital has paid £400,000 damages to a roofer who was left incontinent and impotent after a back operation.
Lynn: Jailed for electric theft
A 21-YEAR-OLD was jailed for 10 weeks after failing to keep appointments with probation officers under the terms of a suspended sentence order.
Fine for drug possession
A TEENAGER was fined £120 but spared jail after being caught with cannabis.
BREAKING NEWS - West Norfolk Council formally launches legal challenge to incinerator credits decision
BOROUGH council chiefs have today, Friday, formally begun their legal fight against a government decision to award £91 million towards the cost of the Lynn incinerator project.
14 commentsCrime is falling
WEST Norfolk’s most senior police officer has insisted people are safe in the area after a vicious assault and armed police swoop in Lynn town centre last Friday.
Lynn: Storm over police raid
A WOMAN says she was terrified after police stormed into her home last week.
Bank thefts teen gets jail warning
A TEENAGER convinced bank staff she was her boyfriend’s ex for six weeks to drain £1,710 from the other woman’s account, a court heard.
Magistrate slams crime ‘lifestyle’
A MAN accused of viewing thieving as a lifestyle choice was given a last chance to turn things around, at West Norfolk Magistrates’ Court.
Lynn: Armed arrests of two men for Boston murder - SEE VIDEO video
ARMED police carried out a dramatic noon swoop in Lynn’s Saturday Market Place on Friday to arrest two men wanted in connection with the murder of a Boston man.
Speeding fine for driver, 85
AN 85-year-old driver who broke the 30mph speed limit in Gayton Road, Gaywood, was fined £60 at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
Man accused over web dating profile
A WEST Norfolk businessman has appeared in court accused of setting up a false profile for his estranged wife on dating websites in breach of a restraining order.
Man jailed for attack on partner
A MAN who put the mother of his seven-month-old baby in fear of her life by grabbing her round the throat and stopping her breathing was jailed for nine weeks by West Norfolk magistrates on Friday.
St John’s Fen End: Metal thefts
A LARGE quantity of metal was stolen from a bungalow in St John’s Fen End.
Lynn: Lorry driver targets van at red lights
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a lorry driver banged on the windows of a van and knocked a wing mirror off the vehicle in Lynn.
Downham: Police wish to talk to two women in connection to a theft
Police have issued a CCTV image of two women they want to speak to in connection with the theft of cash from a discount store in Downham.
Man left bleeding after street attack
ONE man jogs away while another struggles on the ground.This was the aftermath of a vicious street attack near Purfleet Street, Lynn, on Friday afternoon.
Heacham: Marine light stolen from beach
Thieves stole a marine light, belonging to an environmental measuring team, from the beach in Heacham.
Little Dunham: Police hunt for fail-to-stop driver
POLICE are searching for a car that was involved in a crash in Little Dunham, yesterday morning, after the driver failed to stop despite extensive damage to both vehicles.
Ashwicken: Thieves take lectern from locked church
A VALUABLE and very distinctive reading lectern has been stolen from the church in Ashwicken.
MP Truss hails ‘hot metal’ moves
SOUTH West Norfolk MP Elizabeth Truss has hailed moves by the Government to prohibit cash payments for scrap metal with a significant increase in fines.
“I’m better off in jail, thanks”
AN ALCOHOLIC shoplifter asked to be kept in prison where he said he was finally getting help.
Police taser drinker in Lynn pub
A 24-YEAR-OLD was tasered by police when he started threatening to fight other drinkers in the Fenman, Lynn, a court heard.
Three-year ban for Lynn man
AN UNEMPLOYED doctor of science been handed a three-year driving ban for drink driving.
Downham: Second man arrested in connection to red diesel theft
A SECOND man has been charged in connection with the alleged theft of red diesel from a building site in Downham.
UPDATE: Tilney All Saints: Verge gives way under school bus
A COACH taking pupils home from Terrington St Clement High School slipped into a ditch after a verge gave way yesterday (Thursday).
Business as usual for staff after Lynn raid ordeal
DETERMINED staff at Lynn jewellery shop Francis Wain aim to make it business as usual tomorrow – despite being subjected to a terrifying ordeal when a gang of armed robbers struck at the premises this week.
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- BREAKING NEWS - The boy’s father lays the most touching tribute of all at the spot where his son died
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Weather for King's Lynn
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 8 C to 17 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
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Temperature: 2 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: West
