Below are some of the more serious cases to have passed through Sheffield Crown Court this year including killers, sex-offenders and armed robbers.
A 17-year-old boy has been jailed for murder after he stabbed his 21-year-old victim in the chest, and four men who were involved in the sexploitation of a teenage girl have been jailed for rape.
Three men have been put behind bars for their part in the killing of a man during a confrontation, and in another case an armed robber struck twice at the same newsagent shop.
Another victim was in her bedroom when an offender came into her home armed with a knife, and more recently students were terrified when they were threatened by a man with an imitation firearm during a party.
But judges have seen fit to punish these offenders appropriately with custodial sentences of varying lengths.
1. Top left to right, Kawan Omar Ahmed, Nzar Anwar, Jasim Mohammed; bottom left to right Saba Mohammed and Shangar Ibrahimi.
Pictured, top left to right, are Kawan Omar Ahmed, Nzar Anwar, Jasim Mohammed; and bottom left to right are Saba Mohammed and Shangar Ibrahimi. A Sheffield Crown Court jury found Ibrahimi, Ahmed, Jasim Mohammed and Anwar guilty of rape. The court heard the victim was sexually exploited between 2010 and 2012 when she was aged 15-16. Jasim Mohammed, 38, of Maxwell Way, Sheffield, was jailed for 25 years for three rapes. Ahmed, 32, of Margate Drive, Sheffield was jailed for 18 years for two rapes. Anwar, 41, of Exeter Drive, Sheffield was jailed for 15 years for a rape and for conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Ibrahimi, 30, of HMP Hull was jailed for 12 years for a rape. Saba Mohammed, 41, of Faranden Road, Sheffield, was jailed for four years for conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
2. Emar Wiley
Pictured is Emar Wiley, aged 17, of no fixed abode, who was found guilty of murdering 21-year-old Lewis Bagshaw and can now be named after reporting restrictions were lifted. Sheffield Crown Court heard how Wiley murdered Lewis Bagshaw, of Sheffield, after the victim was chased and stabbed twice in the chest before he was found on Piper Crescent, near the Southey Green area of Sheffield, on July 21, 2019. Mr Bagshaw died in hospital. Wiley was sentenced to minimum of 16 years in prison on July 20. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
3. Wayne Robinson
Pictured is Wayne Robinson who, according to a Sheffield Crown Court hearing, used a knife during a robbery at HR News, on Duke Street, Sheffield, and during a second raid at the same shop he used an imitation firearm with an accomplice. Robinson, aged 35, of St John’s Road, Sheffield, admitted committing two counts of robbery and possessing a knife and an imitation firearm. The defendant, who has previous convictions, was sentenced to 12 years of custody in January after the raids in November and December, 2018. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
4. Joshua Lawrenson
Pictured is Joshua Lawrenson, aged 22 at the time of sentencing, of Richmond Park Rise, Sheffield, and who admitted one count of robbery and possessing an imitation firearm following a raid with accomplice Wayne Robinson at HR News, on Duke Street, Sheffield, in December, 2018. Lawrenson, who has a previous conviction for possessing an offensive weapon, was sentenced to three years of custody in January. Robinson, aged 35, of St John’s Road, Sheffield, used a knife during a previous raid at HR News in November and during the second raid at the same shop he used an imitation firearm with Lawrenson. Robinson was jailed for 12 years. Photo: South Yorkshire Police