Below are some of the more serious cases to have passed through Sheffield Crown Court recently where one victim was murdered and others have been left traumatised.
Offenders have been involved in terrifying motorists with a replica firearm, a series of assaults, stabbings, burglaries, producing cannabis and stealing from a shop.
One offender was seen in the street with a replica firearm in Doncaster, and another South Yorkshire man terrorised his on-off girlfriend while another from the region attacked a man with a machete.
Two drug-offenders were also caught producing cannabis in separate cases by police in Sheffield.
In another case, a woman admitted assisting an offender who was involved in an arson attack.
And in the most serious case, a Sheffield woman was found guilty by a trial jury of murdering her neighbour who was repeatedly stabbed to death.
But judges have seen fit to punish these offenders with custodial sentences of varying lengths.
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9. Scott Mair
Pictured is Scott Mair, aged 54, of The Avenue, Birstall, Batley, who was sentenced to 32 months of custody at Sheffield Crown Court on January 26 after he was caught at a Sheffield property with 145 cannabis plants and admitted producing the class B drug. The court heard how Mair, who has previous convictions, was found at the property on Tipton Street, near Wincobank, Sheffield, by police with the cannabis plants. Defence barrister Francis Edusei, said Mair was approached by others to embark upon this enterprise. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
10. Kerry Taylor
Pictured is Kerry Taylor, now aged 42, of Ravenscroft Place, Stradbroke, Sheffield, who was found guilty by a trial jury at Sheffield Crown Court on January 22 of murdering Simone Hancock who was repeatedly stabbed. Taylor was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years before she can be considered for parole. The offence was committed on July 4, 2020, at Miss Hancock's flat at Ravenscroft Place, Sheffield. Taylor claimed she had acted in self-defence and had only stabbed Miss Hancock once and was only responsible for manslaughter but a jury found her guilty of murder. Photo: South Yorkshire Police