A WOMAN has been fined after stealing from a Herefordshire auctioneers. Samantha Jean Lamputt appeared before magistrates in Hereford for sentencing on January 18 after she was found guilty on January 13. The court heard Lamputt had stolen a large green jerry can and an unknown amount of material from the Brightwells auction site in Leominster on May 18. Lamputt, 36, admitted committing a further offence while subject to a conditional discharge order imposed by magistrates in Kidderminster in 2019. Lamputt, of Wheatcommon Lane, Ashford Carbonell, was fined £120 and must pay costs of £100 and a £34 victim surcharge. No action was taken on the breach of her conditional order.
A south Shropshire councillor fears that many elderly and vulnerable people living in her ward are unable to access medical care due to unsalted roads following recent snow and ice conditions. Liberal Democrat councillor for Chirbury and Worthen Heather Kidd has criticised Shropshire Council’s gritting policy and has contacted the director responsible for gritting as a matter of urgency. Councillor Kidd said: “Much of my ward is hill country going up to 1,000 feet and we have many residents with medical needs scattered around the area. “In the past when we have had issues with people needing to access medical care after a snowfall the Council has been happy to come and grit key stretches of road.