Grantham area defendants face the music in court
| Updated: 11:04, 05 April 2021
Grantham area defendants brought before the courts recently include:
Ivor Allan Wakerley, 58, of Cecil Street, Grantham: guilty of being the driver of a BMW when an accident occurred causing damage to a Vauxhall Astra and failing to stop; failing to give his name and address or report to a police station or constable within 24 hours; and driving without insurance, all in Dysart Road, Grantham, on September 8, 2019. He was fined £880, ordered to pay a £44 victim surcharge and £85 costs and banned from driving for six months due to repeat offending.
Dennis Ooko Tolo, 54, of Beck Gardens, Grantham: guilty of failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis when being suspected of committing an offence in Grantham on February 20, 2020. He was fined £630, ordered to pay a £63 victim surcharge and £300 costs and banned from driving for 24 months.
They took action after piles of rubbish – including many Amazon boxes – were dumped on the Pewsey Downs. Angry walkers have even tried to get the delivery giant to take action but as yet it has not. The rubbish, on MoD land, includes paint pots, a dismantled shed and old kitchen units, as well as a box sent from a company distributing Chinese mirrors. Jill Reeve was one of those upset by the mess. She said: “We are lucky enough to live in a really beautiful area of Britain. The unrivalled walking has been such a bonus during these lockdown months.
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Discarded cans of cider which have been littering villages between Marlborough and Pewsey for years A secret cider drinker is hurling empty cans out of their car. Villagers in Stowell, Wilcot and Oare say they are getting increasingly frustrated by the littering boozer, and have asked whoever it is to stop and clear it up themselves. The matter will be on the agenda of Wilton and Huish parish council this Thursday. Residents have also reported booze litterers in Woodborough and East Kennett, where cans, as well as minatures of spirits and wine have been found at road junctions. But the Scrumpy Jack tippler has been canning it for years, said one villager who did not want to be named.