During a sentencing hearing held at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday June 27, 2023, Cyrus Scarborough received an 18-year sentence, with 13 years to be served in custody and five years on extended licence, for two unprovoked attacks.  The court heard how South Yorkshire Police were called to London Road at around 3am on Sunday, April 24, after reports that a man had been attacked in a pub. The jury was told Scarborough, formerly of Raynville Road, Leeds, had launched an unprovoked attack on her victim, pushing him to the floor, whilst shouting 'I'm going to kill you'. Scarborough sat on top of her victim, before pushing her fingers into the victim's eyes, causing the man, aged in his 50s, to permanently lose his sight in one eye. Just two days later on Tuesday, April 26, Scarborough was at a friend’s house when she attacked another man. She attacked him with a knife, stabbing him three times in his chest, neck and head and also breaking a glass bottle on the back of his head. The victim, a man in his 30s, sustained serious cuts, but went on to make a full recovery. Scarborough formerly of Raynville Road, Leeds, was arrested on April 26 following the second offence and charged with two counts of Section 18 assault and remanded into custody. Following a trial earlier this year, she was found guilty of both counts.During a sentencing hearing held at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday June 27, 2023, Cyrus Scarborough received an 18-year sentence, with 13 years to be served in custody and five years on extended licence, for two unprovoked attacks.  The court heard how South Yorkshire Police were called to London Road at around 3am on Sunday, April 24, after reports that a man had been attacked in a pub. The jury was told Scarborough, formerly of Raynville Road, Leeds, had launched an unprovoked attack on her victim, pushing him to the floor, whilst shouting 'I'm going to kill you'. Scarborough sat on top of her victim, before pushing her fingers into the victim's eyes, causing the man, aged in his 50s, to permanently lose his sight in one eye. Just two days later on Tuesday, April 26, Scarborough was at a friend’s house when she attacked another man. She attacked him with a knife, stabbing him three times in his chest, neck and head and also breaking a glass bottle on the back of his head. The victim, a man in his 30s, sustained serious cuts, but went on to make a full recovery. Scarborough formerly of Raynville Road, Leeds, was arrested on April 26 following the second offence and charged with two counts of Section 18 assault and remanded into custody. Following a trial earlier this year, she was found guilty of both counts.
During a sentencing hearing held at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday June 27, 2023, Cyrus Scarborough received an 18-year sentence, with 13 years to be served in custody and five years on extended licence, for two unprovoked attacks.  The court heard how South Yorkshire Police were called to London Road at around 3am on Sunday, April 24, after reports that a man had been attacked in a pub. The jury was told Scarborough, formerly of Raynville Road, Leeds, had launched an unprovoked attack on her victim, pushing him to the floor, whilst shouting 'I'm going to kill you'. Scarborough sat on top of her victim, before pushing her fingers into the victim's eyes, causing the man, aged in his 50s, to permanently lose his sight in one eye. Just two days later on Tuesday, April 26, Scarborough was at a friend’s house when she attacked another man. She attacked him with a knife, stabbing him three times in his chest, neck and head and also breaking a glass bottle on the back of his head. The victim, a man in his 30s, sustained serious cuts, but went on to make a full recovery. Scarborough formerly of Raynville Road, Leeds, was arrested on April 26 following the second offence and charged with two counts of Section 18 assault and remanded into custody. Following a trial earlier this year, she was found guilty of both counts.

7 notorious women who have been jailed in South Yorkshire for shocking crimes including murder

Chloe Aslett
By Chloe Aslett

Digital Journalist

Published 20th Jun 2024, 09:33 GMT
Updated 23rd Jun 2024, 06:02 GMT

Here are the details of some of the county’s most notorious female criminals.

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In recent years, Sheffield Crown Court has brought a number of notorious female criminals to justice for heinous crimes including murder, unlawful wounding and facilitating child abuse.

In 2019, one violent woman was given a minimum sentence of 35 years - one of the longest ever handed down in Sheffield.

Most of the defendants included on this list are currently serving time in prison at His Majesty’s Pleasure.

Sheffield Crown Court heard during a trial held in April this year (2023) that Pauline Caster, then aged 44, had pleaded not guilty to murdering her 43-year-old husband Kevin Caster after he was found seriously injured by emergency services at their home on High Hazel Crescent, Catcliffe, Rotherham, on October 19, 2021, and was later pronounced dead. However, the defendant pleaded guilty to murder during the early stages of the trial on April 19, 2023 and she was sentenced on April 20, 2023 to life imprisonment with an ‘exceptional’ minimum term of seven years and three months to be served before she can be considered for release. Judge Jeremy Richardson KC told Caster: “The circumstances of this case are both tragic and extremely unusual. First, the lives each of you led to together may have been characterised as comprehensively wretched. Your conduct was corrosive for both of you. It was and has been described by family members as a toxic relationship.” He added: "Second, the particular unusual fact of this case is that regardless of what you did to the victim he would have died in any event within a few minutes of you inflicting the physical injuries upon him. It appears he had taken an overdose of an epileptic drug. It was a fatal overdose.” Prosecuting barrister Imran Shafi KC previously said CCTV footage of the couple’s home had captured the accused stamping, punching and striking downwards with her arms flailing inside the property. A post-mortem examination concluded either the assault injuries or the mixed drug toxicity could have proved fatal and that the death was caused by a combination of both.

5. Pauline Caster

Sheffield Crown Court heard during a trial held in April this year (2023) that Pauline Caster, then aged 44, had pleaded not guilty to murdering her 43-year-old husband Kevin Caster after he was found seriously injured by emergency services at their home on High Hazel Crescent, Catcliffe, Rotherham, on October 19, 2021, and was later pronounced dead. However, the defendant pleaded guilty to murder during the early stages of the trial on April 19, 2023 and she was sentenced on April 20, 2023 to life imprisonment with an ‘exceptional’ minimum term of seven years and three months to be served before she can be considered for release. Judge Jeremy Richardson KC told Caster: “The circumstances of this case are both tragic and extremely unusual. First, the lives each of you led to together may have been characterised as comprehensively wretched. Your conduct was corrosive for both of you. It was and has been described by family members as a toxic relationship.” He added: "Second, the particular unusual fact of this case is that regardless of what you did to the victim he would have died in any event within a few minutes of you inflicting the physical injuries upon him. It appears he had taken an overdose of an epileptic drug. It was a fatal overdose.” Prosecuting barrister Imran Shafi KC previously said CCTV footage of the couple’s home had captured the accused stamping, punching and striking downwards with her arms flailing inside the property. A post-mortem examination concluded either the assault injuries or the mixed drug toxicity could have proved fatal and that the death was caused by a combination of both. Photo: SYP

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Lindsey Fletcher was found guilty of murdering her step-grandfather, Michael Eaton, aged 72, at the conclusion of a Sheffield Crown Court trial five years ago, in June 2023. Fletcher, previously of St James's Street, Hyde Park, Doncaster pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Eaton prior to the beginning of the six-day trial, but denied murder. The judge, Mr Justice Nicholas Lavender QC, sentenced Fletcher to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum-term of 13 years. He told her: "On Christmas Day last year you were in the flat of your step-grandfather. You had been taking drugs, crack cocaine and heroin, and were in the kitchen when you hit him repeatedly about the head with a meat cleaver. You hit him six times, breaking his nose, you picked up a steak knife and stabbed him 30 times in the back of the head, and 90 times in the back." He added: "The jury didn't have to find that you intended to kill Mr Eaton [only that you intended to cause him serious harm] but I'm sure that you did. That's clear from from what you did to him, and also from what you said to a number of people in previous months." After killing Mr Eaton, Fletcher, aged 39 at the time of being sentenced, cut his clothes off with scissors and doused him with bleach.She then disposed of his clothes at a nearby waste site and in the river, while her 12-year-old daughter was with her.

6. Lindsey Fletcher: Doncaster woman jailed for life for stabbing step-grandfather 120 times in 'frenzied' Christmas Day attack

Lindsey Fletcher was found guilty of murdering her step-grandfather, Michael Eaton, aged 72, at the conclusion of a Sheffield Crown Court trial five years ago, in June 2023. Fletcher, previously of St James's Street, Hyde Park, Doncaster pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Eaton prior to the beginning of the six-day trial, but denied murder. The judge, Mr Justice Nicholas Lavender QC, sentenced Fletcher to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum-term of 13 years. He told her: "On Christmas Day last year you were in the flat of your step-grandfather. You had been taking drugs, crack cocaine and heroin, and were in the kitchen when you hit him repeatedly about the head with a meat cleaver. You hit him six times, breaking his nose, you picked up a steak knife and stabbed him 30 times in the back of the head, and 90 times in the back." He added: "The jury didn't have to find that you intended to kill Mr Eaton [only that you intended to cause him serious harm] but I'm sure that you did. That's clear from from what you did to him, and also from what you said to a number of people in previous months." After killing Mr Eaton, Fletcher, aged 39 at the time of being sentenced, cut his clothes off with scissors and doused him with bleach.She then disposed of his clothes at a nearby waste site and in the river, while her 12-year-old daughter was with her. Photo: SYP

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Amanda Spencer was jailed for 12 years in 2014, then aged 23, after being found guilty of 14 charges relating to the facilitation of child sexual abuse in Sheffield at the conclusion of a trial at Sheffield Crown Court. Spencer, formerly of Canklow Road, Canklow, Rotherham, had her sentence extended by a further three years in 2017, following another trial at Sheffield Crown Court, after jurors found her guilty of another three offences concerning the facilitation of child abuse. During the course of Spencer's trials, Sheffield Crown Court heard how she was just 16-years-old herself when she began befriending vulnerable young girls - some of whom were as young as 13 - before grooming them, and forcing them to have sex for money.

7. Amanda Spencer: 15 years' custody for woman who lured vulnerable Sheffield girls into prostitution

Amanda Spencer was jailed for 12 years in 2014, then aged 23, after being found guilty of 14 charges relating to the facilitation of child sexual abuse in Sheffield at the conclusion of a trial at Sheffield Crown Court. Spencer, formerly of Canklow Road, Canklow, Rotherham, had her sentence extended by a further three years in 2017, following another trial at Sheffield Crown Court, after jurors found her guilty of another three offences concerning the facilitation of child abuse. During the course of Spencer's trials, Sheffield Crown Court heard how she was just 16-years-old herself when she began befriending vulnerable young girls - some of whom were as young as 13 - before grooming them, and forcing them to have sex for money. Photo: 3rd party

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