A man who made indecent images of children and attempted to engage in sexual communication with a child and an animal abuser who cut the throat of a sheep and left it to bleed to death have both been sentenced at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court in recent days.
Also appearing before magistrates in Grimsby last week were violent offenders who assaulted people, a driver under the influence of drugs and thieves who stole hundreds of pounds’ worth of items from shops.
Here are nine offenders from across northern Lincolnshire who appeared at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court last week.
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Richard Thorpe, 56, of Kingston View, Barton-upon-Humber indicated pleas of guilty to making 11 indecent images of children and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. He was administered an electronic monitoring tag, ordered to comply with rehabilitation activity, placed on the sex offenders’ register and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £114 victim services surcharge. He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Bogdan Gruia, 33, of Digby Street, Scunthorpe indicated a plea of guilty to aiding and abetting a person to cause unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, namely a three-year-old pregnant sheep, by cutting its throat and leaving it to bleed to death. He was fined £769, ordered to pay a £308 victim services surcharge and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Joseph Graham, 27, of Lydford Road, Immingham pleaded guilty to one count of assault by beating. He was handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to comply with alcohol monitoring for 120 days. He was also given 100 hours of unpaid work and a restraining order.
Joshua Baxter, 27, of Isaacs Hill, Cleethorpes was disqualified from driving for 12 months after pleading guilty to driving whilst under the influence of cannabis and without insurance. He was also ordered to pay £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service and a £40 victim services surcharge.
Nicholas Scott, 33, of no fixed abode indicated pleas of guilty to three counts of theft from a shop, in which he stole meat worth more than £250 from Asda on three separate occasions. He was given a six-month conditional discharge.
Peter Hewitt, 64, of Larmour Road, Grimsby indicated a plea of guilty to breaching a non-molestation order and pestering the victim, just two days after he was issued the order. He was fined £300 and ordered to pay a £120 victim services surcharge and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Lee McIlveen, 39, of Pershore Avenue, Grimsby pleaded guilty to assaulting someone by beating them. He was fined £650 and ordered to pay a victim services surcharge of £260.
Andrew McGeechan, 45, of Dorchester Road, Scunthorpe indicated pleas of guilty to two counts of theft from a shop, in which he stole £463 worth of items from Boots and £167 worth of clothing from Next. He was given an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to comply with drug rehabilitation.
Michael Whyte, 54, of St Andrews Court, Immingham indicated pleas of guilty to three counts of theft from a shop, in which he stole cosmetics worth £228 from Superdrug in Freshney Place, blocks of cheese worth £80 from Heron and chocolate worth £28.50 from Co-op. He was handed a £114 victim services surcharge and given a community order with a rehabilitation activity requirement.
Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe
