Lincolnshire

Two police officers have been called to a disciplinary hearing after a driver crashed into a tree and was killed. The officers, named only as PC Brereton and PC Chambers, are accused of gross misconduct following the incident in March this year. It is alleged PC Brereton pursued a vehicle when he was “not authorised” […] […]

A Lincolnshire police constable will face a misconduct hearing next month. PC Claire Riches is accused of breaching standards of professional behaviour. PC Riches is based at Boston Police Station. An accelerated misconduct hearing will be held on May 10. The conduct, if proved, would amount to gross misconduct. The alleged behaviour occurred between September […] […]

A custody nurse at a Lincoln police station has been suspended after a ‘deplorable’ list of misconduct. Paul Bright admitted to failing to refer a vulnerable able patient with a head injury to hospital, and didn’t assess another patient with diabetes who had suffered a seizure whilst in custody. Mr Bright also failed to properly […] […]

A suspended special constable from Lincolnshire Police has been convicted of five charges relating to misusing computers to access secure programmes and data. Dominic Watson, 26, from Wainfleet, is a special constable based in Skegness. He appeared at Boston Magistrates Court on March 22, facing five charges of alleged offences between October 2019 and July […] […]

A probationary police officer serving with Lincolnshire Police denied an allegation of rape when he appeared before a judge in Nottingham. Fraser McDowall, 23, of Welton, is accused of carrying out an attack on a woman in Lincoln during the early hours of Saturday, October 16, 2021, when he was off-duty. The new police officer, […] […]

The best friend of a Lincolnshire domestic abuse victim, who died after waiting eight minutes on hold to police desperately trying to report her boyfriend, has called for more justice saying “you can’t grieve when there’s still doors that aren’t closed”. A confidential report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct that wasn’t meant to […] […]

A Lincolnshire domestic abuse victim died after waiting eight minutes on hold to police, desperately attempting to report her boyfriend, according to an investigation by the New York Times based on a leaked confidential report. The Independent Office for Police Conduct has today told The Lincolnite it has cleared Lincolnshire Police of any breaches, despite multiple […] […]

former police community support officer who stored a makeshift explosive device and potentially dangerous chemicals at her home has been jailed for 27 months. Zoe Watts was dismissed as a staff member at Lincolnshire Police last December, two months after being arrested in a raid which saw bomb disposal officers called to her three-bed semi-detached […] […]

A former police officer who filmed himself listening to music while driving a marked vehicle has been found guilty of gross misconduct. PC Matthew Breathwick took the footage while driving a police van at 50mph along the A17 before sharing the clip with colleagues on Snapchat. He resigned from Lincolnshire Police in March after being […] […]

A police worker has appeared in court charged with possessing an explosive substance and a disguised firearm. Zoe Watts, 34, of St Helen’s Avenue in […]