Pictured is Matthew Herring, aged 23, formerly of Abney Road, Sheffield, who has been sentenced to 14 years of custody after he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and to participating in an organised crime group. He also admitted possessing a Browning rifle without a certificate, possessing firearm ammunition without a certificate and possessing a prohibited sawn-off shotgun.Pictured is Matthew Herring, aged 23, formerly of Abney Road, Sheffield, who has been sentenced to 14 years of custody after he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and to participating in an organised crime group. He also admitted possessing a Browning rifle without a certificate, possessing firearm ammunition without a certificate and possessing a prohibited sawn-off shotgun.
Pictured is Matthew Herring, aged 23, formerly of Abney Road, Sheffield, who has been sentenced to 14 years of custody after he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and to participating in an organised crime group. He also admitted possessing a Browning rifle without a certificate, possessing firearm ammunition without a certificate and possessing a prohibited sawn-off shotgun.

The faces of criminals jailed in South Yorkshire in December and November

Here are the criminals who have been jailed in December at courts across South Yorkshire.

Their crimes include murder, drugs supply, firearms offences as part of a drugs gang in Sheffield, historic sex offences against children, defecating in a police cell and burglary.

Read the latest cases from Sheffield Crown Court here.

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