Each of these 12 defendant have been jailed during Sheffield Crown Court hearings held during March and April 2026.
The city’s judges have been busy handing down jail terms, ranging from 12 months to 17 years in length.
One of the cases, involving rapist David Hill, saw him finally brought to justice more than four decades after his wicked attack. He was finally snared when DNA taken from him in relation to an unrelated crime linked him to the offence.
He, like others in this list, was convicted at the conclusion of a trial at the same court, after entering a not guilty pleas.
Other defendants, however, admitted their guilt and received a reduction off the total length of their prison sentence, commensurate with the stage of proceedings when their pleas were entered.
You can read our full court reports on the cases covered in this list by following the below links:
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- Stalker used Snapchat to trace girl, 13, to secluded area where he sexually abused her in front of her friend
1. Rapist, paedophile, slasher & dealers: biggest cases heard recently in Sheffield's courts
The nine defendants pictured here have all been jailed during Sheffield Crown Court hearings held in March and April 2026. Top row, left to right: Sian Wallace; Susan Hemsworth and Isaac Greaves. Middle row, left to right: David Hill; Kieron Oldham and Ryan Young. Bottom row, left to right: Hensley Scott; Mark Warren and Jayne Bladen | SYP/Adobe
2. Trio of drug dealers jailed for combined total of seven years, six months
Three Doncaster drug dealers have been jailed for over six years following investigations by detectives who are part of our Operation Fortify team. Op Fortify is the designated name for the team of officers and staff responsible for tackling serious and organised crime in South Yorkshire. In March last year, officers executed a drugs warrant at a property in the Hexthorpe area of Doncaster after gathering a significant amount of intelligence suggesting that drugs were being dealt from the address. Inside, they found snappy bags containing white and brown powder, which was later analysed and confirmed as cocaine and heroin. Three people were arrested at the property and charged with possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin. Susan Hemsworth, 54, of no fixed abode (pictured middle), pleaded guilty to both offences and was jailed for two years and three months at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, March 13, 2026. Sian Wallace, 36, of no fixed abode (pictured left), also pleaded guilty to both offences as well as a separate burglary offence. She was given a two-year nine-month prison sentence. Ratislav Pecha, 22, of Apley Road, Doncaster, was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years after admitting the same two offences. Last Friday also saw another drug dealer jailed with Isaac Greaves, 26, of South Street, Highfields, given a two-and-a-half-year sentence after he was found guilty of possession with intent to supply cocaine. Greaves (pictured right) was arrested in June last year after being traced to a hotel room in North Yorkshire, and despite denying the offence, a jury saw through his lies and found him guilty. | SYP
3. Rapist jailed for 15 years more than 40 years after wicked crime
In the early hours of the morning on September 7, 1985, David Hill sneaked up behind a woman in her 20s at an underground car park in Barker’s Pool. He put a knife to her neck and proceeded to rape her in her car before fleeing. A manhunt was quickly launched, however for close to four decades the Rotherham man managed to evade the law. Last month, aged 75, Hill, of Clifton Bank, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court via live link to finally face justice for his sickening crime. “Whilst you have gone unpunished for many years, the victim suffered,” Judge Peter Hampton said to the convicted rapist at court on March 20, 2026. Hill protested his innocence during a trial at the same court last month, though jurors ultimately found him guilty of rape on February 12. “You have never shown one shred of remorse,” he said, pointing to Hill’s failure to plea guilty and ongoing denial through the trial. The judge concluded: “The least sentence I can pass which properly marks the seriousness of your offending is one of 15 years imprisonment.” | SYP
4. Five years, eight months jail for paedophile who used Snapchat to find girl he sexually assaulted in front of friend
A convicted stalker used Snapchat to track down a 13-year-old girl to a secluded location, where he sexually abused her in front of her friend. “Dangerous” Kieron Oldham was twice the age of the girl he preyed upon, after adding her on social media a day earlier, and quickly escalating to sexual communications over Snapchat, Sheffield Crown Court heard. During the course of their communication, Oldham - who knew the girl’s young age from the offset - sent the girl pictures of his genitals over Snapchat before asking her to send him naked pictures of herself. Oldham was subject to a two-year suspended sentence for stalking when he met the girl for the first time as she and a friend were visiting a den they had made in nearby grassland. That night he tracked her down on social media. “You asked to meet her that night, but thankfully she did not turn up,” Judge Charles Thomas told Oldham on April 15, 2026. He added: “The following morning, she went back to her den. She put on Snapchat where she would be…you went to find her.” Judge Thomas jailed him for four years, eight months for the sex offences, as part of which he made him the subject of an extended two-year licence period due to the danger he is deemed to pose to the public. He also activated a year of Oldham’s suspended sentence, bringing the total length of his jail term to five years, eight months. Oldham, formerly of Southfield Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, was also sentenced for driving offences, relating to his use of an e-bike when uninsured and disqualified from driving, for which he received six points on his licence. Judge Thomas also told Oldham he must remain on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely, made him the subject of a 15-year sexual harm prevention order and granted a 15-year restraining order prohibiting him from contacting the victim. | SYP