Many of the criminals pictured are still languishing behind bars, with some of the killers due to serve decades before they can even dream of tasting freedom again.
Some admitted their actions, many denied the charges they faced, and were found guilty after trials.
5. Andrew Johnson
Former Doncaster GP, Andrew Johnson, was jailed for 11 years and three months in 2014 for a string of sex offences, half of which related to the sexual abuse of four patients over a period of more than 35 years. Johnson was sentenced to a further two-and-a-half-years at Sheffield Crown Court in November 2016, when pleaded guilty to abusing a further eight patients during consultations at his surgery in Bawtry, bringing his total jail term to 14 years and two months. The charges relate to abuse carried out at his surgery between 1978 and 1997, and involve young girls aged 12, 14 and 16 as well as five women aged between 18 and 35. The court heard how Johnson abused his victims during examinations, and told them that his actions were part of his medical care. Photo: SYP
6. Martin Johnson
Martin Johnson was described as a ‘callous and cowardly’ killer for murdering his 23-month-old stepdaughter, Eriin Tomkin. Johnson, who was 20 when he was handed a life sentence in 2019, was ordered to spend a minimum of 19 years behind bars. Erin endured months of abuse at the hands of Johnson in the home they shared in Gleadless. In the three months that Johnson had lived with Erin and her mum, the tot suffered a broken arm and multiple back fractures. She was found covered in bruises. A head injury inflicted by Johnson proved fatal. Photo: SYP
7. Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill was jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 17 years behind bars after he killed a Sheffield doctor his wife had been having an affair with. Hill, who was 49 when he was jailed in 2010, bludgeoned Dr Colin Shawcross to death in a jealous rage and then buried his body in woodland. After carrying out the murder at Dr Shawcross' home, Hill put the body in the boot of the GP's Jaguar and drove it to woods in nearby Harthill, where he dug a five-foot deep grave. He denied murder and refused to say where he had concealed the body of Dr Shawcross, who was a dad-of-three, before the remains were eventually found. Mr Justice Wilkie told Hill he had acted in a "devious, vengeful, cowardly and unmanly way" over the affair. Photo: SYP
8. Brandon Machin and Sarah Barrass
Sarah Barrass and Brandon Machin A killer couple who murdered two of their children in Sheffield were jailed for life in November 2019 and each ordered to serve at least 35 years behind bars. Sarah Barrass and Brandon Machin, who was her half-brother, had six children together during an incestuous relationship. On Friday, May 24, 2019 they killed two of their sons - Tristan Barrass, 13 and his older brother Blake, 14 -by strangling the teenagers before placing bin bags over their heads in their family home on Gregg House Road, Shiregreen. They also plotted to murder the other four children by poisoning them but their efforts failed. The couple also attempted to drown one of the youngsters. Barrass and Machin were said to have killed their children over fears they were at risk of being taken into care and that their sordid relationship would be revealed. Photo: SYP