Sheffield judges sentenced them to a total of 259 years and seven months behind bars between them.
Some of these defendants acknowledged their wrongdoing through guilty pleas, and accordingly, got time off the length of their prison sentence.
Others sought to deny their crimes, and were convicted at the conclusion of their Sheffield Crown Court trials.
The shortest sentence passed down to the sex offenders included in this list is one of 34 months, while the longest sentence currently being served by these offenders is one of 20 years.
After serving their sentences, a number of these offenders will remain on the sex offenders’ register for a set period of time.
21. Jamil Talukder: Jailed for eight years
A horrified South Yorkshire mother was forced to watch video footage of her severely disabled child being sexually abused, after a ‘nanny cam’ she placed in his bedroom caught his carer in the act. Jamil Talukder, aged 23, is beginning a three-year prison sentence, after he pleaded guilty to a string of sex offences - including inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity - carried out against two young boys. Kate* is the mother of Albie*, who is one of the boys abused by Talukder. Jamil Talukder, aged 23, is beginning a three-year prison sentence, after he pleaded guilty to a string of sex offences - including inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity - carried out against two young boys. She has spoken of the shock she felt when, after being in place for just one night, footage taken from the ‘nanny cam’ in Albie’s bedroom showed his carer, Talukder, sexually abusing him. “I had to watch the footage back before I could go to the police. I had to go through it, I had to watch my own son being abused, he was terrified, he didn’t understand what was happening” said Kate. Kate says she, and her family, have been ‘through hell’ since the abuse carried out by Talukder was uncovered. “He was in a position of trust, that in itself is the most shocking part of it.” Albie’s family was spared the ordeal of a trial when Talukder pleaded guilty to all six charges he faced, including two counts of an offender 18 or over causing/inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity; two counts of making indecent photographs of children and two counts of assaulting a boy under 13 by touching. Talukder was brought before Sheffield Crown Court on Thursday, February 27, 2025, when he was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. A Court of Appeal hearing held in May 2025 found Talukder's original sentence had been too lenient, and extended his sentence by five years to one of eight years. *Not their real names. Both victims are entitled to lifelong anonymity. | SYP
22. Mark Evans and Robert Evans: Jailed for combined total of 31 years
Mark Evans, aged 37 (pictured left) and Robert Evans, aged 40, (pictured right) abused children in Rotherham over a two-year period starting in 2006. On March 28 at Sheffield Crown Court they were sentenced to 14 and 17 years’ imprisonment respectively for their crimes. The men, aged 18 and 21 around the time, intimidated girls and plied them with drugs and alcohol before luring them to locations where they attacked them. The brothers were arrested in August 2020 after officers from the NCA’s Operation Stovewood, examining historic sexual abuse in Rotherham, investigated allegations made by three victims.Specially-trained NCA officers spoke with the women after identifying they were potentially victims. Two of the women subsequently told specialist investigators they were raped by both brothers. | NCA
23. Paul Richardson: Jailed for 15 years
A man who groomed and then repeatedly raped a schoolgirl 20 years ago has been jailed for 15 years for five sexual offences, today, 21 August. Paul Richardson, 63, of Rotherham abused a 15-year-old at hotels in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire after grooming her. When the girl was 14, Richardson began giving her love letters, presents and alcohol. Sometimes he took her out on day trips. In 2005, when Richardson was 42 and the girl was 15, he took her to a cinema, then on to a hotel near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. At the hotel, Richardson gave the girl wine to drink. He then began kissing her. In interviews with National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators, the victim, now in her 30s, said she repeatedly told Richardson she didn’t want him to kiss her, but Richardson continued and then raped her. In the months that followed, Richardson raped the girl a further three times. | NCA
24. Alexander Sherwood: Jailed for 19 years
Alexander Sherwood, of Stanley Road, Liverpool, was found guilty by a jury after his victim came forward and disclosed the despicable actions she was subjected to over a number of years in the Rotherham district. After making an initial disclosure to South Yorkshire Police officers in the Protecting Vulnerable People (PVP) team, officers set out to arrest Sherwood. However, the 52-year-old attempted to avoid justice by making his way from Rotherham to Liverpool, but he was promptly caught. Refusing to admit his guilt, Sherwood denied the charges he faced but was found guilty of 12 sexual offences at Sheffield Crown Court in February following a four day trial. He was sentenced at the same court on Monday (May 19) to 19 years in prison for four counts of rape, four counts of assault by penetration, two counts of assault by touching, one count of engaging in sexual activity in presence of a child and one count of causing a child to watch/ look at an image of a sexual nature. Sherwood was also handed an indefinite restraining order and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. | SYP