This past year has seen a number of high profile murder and manslaughter cases in South Yorkshire dealt with in court.
These highlighted cases below – including a senseless, fatal assault on a disabled man and the killing of an innocent man handing out leaflets for his church – show that justice is done when senseless killings take place in our communities.
A number of high-profile murder and manslaughter cases were sentenced in South Yorkshire in the past year.
Samsul Mohammed, 20, of Wolseley Road, and Tinashe Kampira, 20, of Donovan Road, both in Sheffield, were jailed for life with a combined minimum term of 58 years for the murder of Sheffield solicitor and father-of-two Khuram Javed. They shot and stabbed the solicitor in what a judge called a "senseless killing" near Bramall Lane on April 10, 2021.
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/sheffield-solicitor-murder-khuram-javeds-killers-jailed-for-life-after-shooting-beloved-father-of-two-3866670
Bovic Mupolo (R), of Fleury Rise, Gleadless, murdered Coley Byrne, 26, in an attack in the car park of the Gypsy Queen pub on Boxing Day in 2021. They were involved in a fight that spilled into the car park, where Coley suffered four stab wounds. Mupolo was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years on November 24.
Anthony Sumner died after being stabbed on Windy House Lane, Manor, Sheffield, just before midnight on July 29 last year. His killer, a 16-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked him with a machete.
