Boston man remanded after appearing in court over serious charges

Boston man remanded after appearing in court over serious charges A 33-year-old man from Boston has been remanded in custody after appearing before magistrates in connection with a number of serious alleged offences in the town. James Savage, of Boston, appeared at Lincoln Magistrates' Court at a first hearing facing charges of rape, child abduction, making threats with a bladed article and taking indecent images. The case was dealt with briefly and has now been sent to Lincoln Crown Court for a further hearing. Savage was remanded in custody by magistrates and is next due to appear before Lincoln Crown Court on 16 April. No plea was reported during the magistrates' court hearing. Police said officers were called in the early hours of Tuesday following a report of a serious sexual assault in Boston. Beyond that, very little can be reported at this stage because the proceedings are active and because the case concerns allegations of a sexual offence said to involve a teenage girl. In cases of this kind, there are strict legal and ethical limits on what can be published. Those restrictions are intended to protect the fairness of ongoing proceedings and to avoid any risk of identifying a complainant in a sexual offence case. For that reason, no further details about the allegations, the complainant or the circumstances said to surround the case are being reported here. The court hearing at Lincoln Magistrates' Court was the defendant's first appearance in relation to the charges. Magistrates did not deal with the substance of the allegations and the case will now proceed to the Crown Court, where more formal steps in the criminal process are expected to take place next month. At this stage, all charges remain allegations and have not been tested at trial. Criminal proceedings are ongoing and the defendant is entitled to a fair trial. The claims outlined before the court have not been independently verified by this publication. Reporting restrictions often apply in cases involving alleged sexual offences, particularly where there is a possibility that information, even if seemingly minor, could contribute to the identification of a complainant. Because of that, reports at this stage are usually limited to the basic facts of the hearing, the charges placed before the court and the date of the next appearance. The next hearing in the case is listed for 16 April at Lincoln Crown Court. Until the matter progresses further through the courts, only limited information is likely to be made public. This report is based on what was heard in open court and on details released publicly in relation to the hearing.