Below are some of the more serious and dreadful robbery and burglary cases to have passed through Sheffield Crown Court recently where victims have been left traumatised and out-of-pocket.
Offenders have been involved in stealing from an elderly victim, taking sentimental items, and using weapons such as metal bars, a knife and even a machete to get their hands on ill-gotten gains.
One victim was in her bedroom when an offender came into her home armed with a knife and in another case, a victim had been doing housework when a robber came into their home with a metal bar.
But judges have seen fit to punish these offenders appropriately with custodial sentences of varying lengths.
5. Ben Wright
Ben Wright was jailed for eight-years after brandishing a knife in an armed robbery and burgling a home. Sheffield Crown Court heard Wright, of Rodman Street, Woodhouse, Sheffield, burgled a home on nearby Station Road. Police linked Wright to an armed robbery two days earlier at a convenience store on Retford Road, Woodhouse Mill, where he had threatened the cashier with a knife while demanding money. Wright was aged 23 when he was sentenced in January for burglary, robbery and possession of a bladed article. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
6. Ian Grierson
Pictured is Ian Grierson, aged 49, of Main Road, Darnall, Sheffield, who pleaded guilty to four burglaries including raids at The Doctor's Orders from April 8-11 and the China Red, the Jin Ding restaurants and at a Tamper Coffee cafe from April 16. Judge Sarah Wright sentenced Grierson to 18-months of custody at Sheffield Crown Court in June. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
7. Nicky Green
Pictured is Nicky Green, aged 36, of Pitsmoor Road, Sheffield, who was jailed for nine-months after admitting two burglaries. Sheffield Crown Court heard how Green raided the China Red Restaurant and a Tamper Coffee cafe on April 16 with co-accused Ian Grierson, aged 49, of Main Road, Darnall, Sheffield. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
8. Samuel Bush
Pictured is Samuel Bush, aged 25, of Gerrard Road, Wellgate, Rotherham, who pleaded guilty to robbery and possessing an offensive weapon after a raid in December. Sheffield Crown Court heard Bush was armed with a machete when a gang robbed the Green Wing Mini Market, on Badsley Moor Lane, Rotherham. Bush was sentenced to three-years and eight-months of custody. Photo: South Yorkshire Police