While some of these defendants acknowledged their wrongdoing through guilty pleas, other were convicted after jurors found them guilty at the conclusion of trials.
In addition to sex crimes, defendants have been jailed for a wide range of offences relating to fraud, drug dealing, violence and burglary.
The longest prison sentence passed down by Sheffield judges is one of 19 years, while the shortest is one of a year and 10 months.
13. Anthony Ellis: Sheffield man crept into love rival's house & stabbed him as he slept before punching his dog
A Sheffield man crept into his love rival’s home in the ‘dead of night’ and stabbed him as he slept. Defendant Anthony Ellis has known the complainant since they were children, but their relationship turned sour after the complainant began seeing Ellis’ ex-girlfriend, Sheffield Crown Court heard. The complainant was asleep in his bed, with his girlfriend and her five-year-old son in the room next door, as Ellis found a way into his house at around 5.15am on February 17, 2024. “You went upstairs, and as the complainant slumbered in his bed in the dead of night you attacked him about the head, and with a Stanley knife…picked up somewhere from the scene, stabbed him to his right shoulder,” the judge, Recorder Taryn Turner, told Ellis, of Birks Avenue, Woodhouse, Sheffield. The complainant detailed the distress he felt, and continues to feel, as a result of the shock attack in his own home, in a statement read to the court during a hearing held on October 10, 2024. Ellis was subsequently charged with, and pleaded guilty to, charges of wounding without intent and criminal damage at an earlier hearing. Recorder Turner jailed Ellis for 27 months, giving him 10 per cent credit for his guilty plea, which, she said, he had taken ‘down to the wire’ by entering it on the first day of his trial. | SYP
14. Gang jailed for total of 106 years for 'harrowing' child sex offences
Seven men who committed a string of child sex abuse offences against two young girls in Rotherham have were jailed for a total of 106 years during Sheffield Crown Court hearings held on September 12 and 13, 2024. The men were all convicted in June, after a nine-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court, which was the result of an investigation by the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood. The men handed jail sentences are: Tahir Yasin, 38, of Burngreave Street, Sheffield - jailed for 13 years for eight counts of rape. Ramin Bari, 38, of of Derby Street, Sheffield - jailed for nine years for four counts of rape. Mohammed Amar, 43, of Elizabeth Way, Rotherham - jailed for 14 years plus two years on licence for two counts of indecent assault of a girl aged 11 years. Amar was found not guilty of one count of indecent assault. Yasser Ajaibe, 39, of Walter Street, Rotherham - jailed for 6 years plus one year on licence for indecent assault of a girl aged 11 years. Mohammed Zameer Sadiq, 49; of Richard Road, Rotherham - jailed for 15 years plus one year on licence for rape and sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 years. Mohammed Siyab, 45, of Stevenson Drive, Rotherham - jailed for 25 years for sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 years; two counts of rape; and trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation. Abid Saddiq, 43, formerly of Rotherham - jailed for 24 years plus one year on licence for indecent assault of a girl aged 12 years; rape of a girl aged under 13; and two counts of rape. Top left to right: Abid Saddiq, Mohammed Amar, Mohammed Siyab, Mohammed Zameer Sadiq. Bottom left to right: Ramin Bari, Tahir Yassin, Yasser Ajaibe | Submit
15. Five jailed over Rotherham riots
All five men pictured have been jailed for their roles in the Rotherham riots, which took place outside a Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers on August 4, 2024. They were sentenced during hearings held between September 16 and 19, 2024. Stephen Roughley, 45, of Barnsley Road, South Elmsall, Pontefract, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison at Sheffield Crown Court after pleading guilty to violent disorder at an earlier date. Mason Reddy, 24, of Victoria Street, Goldthorpe, was jailed for three years. Regan Urruty Dever, 22, of Ouse Terrace, Coinsbrough, Doncaster, was sentenced to two years in prison. Daniel Dicks, 33, of Probert Avenue, Goldthorpe, Barnsley was jailed for two years and eight months. On September 18, Lee Marshall, 39, of Princess Street, Barnsley, jailed for two years and two months at Sheffield Crown Court after previously pleading guilty to violent disorder and the assault of an emergency worker. Top row, left to right: Daniel Dicks, Mason Reddy and Regan Urruty Dever. Bottom row, left to right: Stephen Roughley and Lee Marshall | SYP
16. Musabwe Murama: Sheffield abuser jailed for eight years
Cowardly Musabwe Murama, aged 37, refused to acknowledge his guilt, forcing the young woman he abused as a teenage girl to give evidence in court and endure the ordeal of a trial. In a statement read to Sheffield Crown Court on the complainant’s behalf, she revealed the continuing psychological impact of Murama’s abuse, and the way in which it has drastically changed her personality. Jurors found Murama, of Walling Close, Wincobank, Sheffield, guilty of one count of attempted rape and four counts of sexual assault at the conclusion of a trial at the same court. Recorder David Brooke KC jailed Murama for eight years, and told him: “I dread to think of the terror she must have had, thinking of what you were going to do.” | SYP