But how many of these horrific offences do you remember from the past 12 months?
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5. Gareth Morgan
This former Doncaster man was jailed for 28 years in November after admitting a series of sexual offences against two youngsters. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
6. Richard Cottyn
This Doncaster man was jailed for eight years in November after he admitted 27 sexual offences against teenage girls. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
7. Felix Hanrahan
This Doncaster burglar was jailed for six-and-a-half years in November for targeting three properties. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
8. Martin Currie and Sarah O'Brien
Currie watched porn before murdering his two year old son and then called his drug dealer, Sheffield Crown Court was told at his murder trial in November. His partner, O'Brien had been out taking her other children to school at the time, but failed to raise the alarm for two hours when she returned to their Doncaster home and found the toddler unresponsive. He was jailed for 22 years for murder, she got eight years for allowing the death of a child. Photo: South Yorkshire Police