All of the murderers pictured here are currently languishing behind bars, with some due to serve decades more in custody before they can even be considered for parole.
Two of the defendants are currently serving a whole life term for their crimes.
Some admitted their crimes, while others were convicted following a jury trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
Here The Star takes a look back at some of the killings which have truly shocked Sheffielders over the years.
![Dereck Owusu (left) and Louis James (right) were both jailed for life in May 2023, after being found guilty of murdering Reece Radford, who was fatally stabbed during an incident on Arundel Gate, Sheffield city centre in Septmber 2022. Describing the defendants' roles in the fatal incident, Judge Sarah Wright said she was ‘satisfied’ James, of Strathmore Grove, Wath-upon-Dearne stabbed Mr Radford in the chest with a knife he brought to the scene, and subsequently disposed of in a nearby drain following the fatal incident, while Owusu, of Manor Lane, Park Hill, Sheffield kicked Mr Radford to the head ‘three or four times’. Judge Wright told the pair: “You both set about him…he found himself face up on the floor, subjected to serious violence perpetrated by both of you.” Prosecuting barrister, David Tempkin KC, said it was the Crown’s case that the ‘catalyst’ for Mr Radford, who was from the Hillsborough area of the city, becoming involved in an altercation with the two defendants was Owusu’s violence towards a young girl. "The defendants were angry with Mr Radford for becoming involved, and also because of his earlier remarks suggesting she [the girl punched by Owusu] was 'sh**ing those African b******s,' Mr Temkin told the court. Judge Wright sent the pair to begin their life sentences in a hearing held on Thursday, May 4, 2022 and fixed minimum term for James, then aged 47, at 25 years, while Owusu, then aged 40, was told he must spend at least 15 years behind bars](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/08/29/16/36/Dereck-Owusu-and-Louis-James.jpeg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. Dereck Owusu and Louis James
Dereck Owusu (left) and Louis James (right) were both jailed for life in May 2023, after being found guilty of murdering Reece Radford, who was fatally stabbed during an incident on Arundel Gate, Sheffield city centre in Septmber 2022. Describing the defendants' roles in the fatal incident, Judge Sarah Wright said she was ‘satisfied’ James, of Strathmore Grove, Wath-upon-Dearne stabbed Mr Radford in the chest with a knife he brought to the scene, and subsequently disposed of in a nearby drain following the fatal incident, while Owusu, of Manor Lane, Park Hill, Sheffield kicked Mr Radford to the head ‘three or four times’. Judge Wright told the pair: “You both set about him…he found himself face up on the floor, subjected to serious violence perpetrated by both of you.” Prosecuting barrister, David Tempkin KC, said it was the Crown’s case that the ‘catalyst’ for Mr Radford, who was from the Hillsborough area of the city, becoming involved in an altercation with the two defendants was Owusu’s violence towards a young girl. "The defendants were angry with Mr Radford for becoming involved, and also because of his earlier remarks suggesting she [the girl punched by Owusu] was 'sh**ing those African b******s,' Mr Temkin told the court. Judge Wright sent the pair to begin their life sentences in a hearing held on Thursday, May 4, 2022 and fixed minimum term for James, then aged 47, at 25 years, while Owusu, then aged 40, was told he must spend at least 15 years behind bars | SYP
6. Arthur Hutchinson
Murderer Arthur Hutchinson, who killed three members of a Sheffield family, will spend the rest of his life locked up. He broke into a home in Dore in October 1983 and fatally stabbed husband and wife Basil and Avril Laitner and their son Richard. Just hours earlier the family had hosted a wedding celebration. The judge in his original trial ruled that he should serve a minimum of 18 years behind bars but then-home secretary Leon Brittan later imposed a whole life order. | Submit
7. Martin Johnson
Martin Johnson was described as a ‘callous and cowardly’ killer for murdering his 23-month-old stepdaughter, Erin 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. | SYP
8. 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 | SYP