Here are 10 criminals jailed for serious offences in South Yorkshire since August.
They include burglars, thugs, paedophiles a kidnapper and a sex attacker.
In one case a pensioner snared by paedophile hunters turned up at Sheffield Railway Station with Viagra, believing he was meeting a 14-year-old girl for sex.
Another defendant firebombed a house - trapping a family-of-seven including two children and a baby on its upper floors.
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9. Cameron Burbank, AKA Mechen, left, and Tony Hamilton
Cameron Burbank, AKA Mechen, 20, and Tony Hamilton, 35, travelled as far as Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire from their Doncaster home to swipe the high-value caravans from driveways. However a judge noted they were “not the prime movers” in the operation. During one theft Burbank led police on a high-speed pursuit at in a built-up area, going through red traffic lights before his vehicle and a stolen caravan went off the road and crashed into a field, ending up in a ditch. Hamilton was jailed for 13 months and Burbank for 16 months. | SYP
10. Nathan Taylor
"Opportunistic" Doncaster mechanic picked up a drunk young woman in his cars and drove her to remote woodland where he sexually assaulted her. His victim had just turned 18 when she was locked out of her home after a night out on Doncaster and found herself a “passenger” in his car in the early hours of September 12, 2021. Sheffield Crown Court heard that during the attack the girl had tried to escape, however HGV technician Taylor, 35, followed her, pushed her down and continued the attack, which lasted for 15-20 minutes. He was jailed for three-and-a-half years. | SYP