Below are some of the more serious cases to have passed through Sheffield Crown Court this year including killers, sex-offenders and armed robbers.
A 17-year-old boy has been jailed for murder after he stabbed his 21-year-old victim in the chest, and four men who were involved in the sexploitation of a teenage girl have been jailed for rape.
Three men have been put behind bars for their part in the killing of a man during a confrontation, and in another case an armed robber struck twice at the same newsagent shop.
Another victim was in her bedroom when an offender came into her home armed with a knife, and more recently students were terrified when they were threatened by a man with an imitation firearm during a party.
But judges have seen fit to punish these offenders appropriately with custodial sentences of varying lengths.
9. Daniel Cummins
Pictured is knife-wielding robber Daniel Cummins who was given an 18-year prison sentence after he climbed into a woman’s home. Sheffield Crown Court heard in June how Cummins, aged 36 when sentenced, of St Helen’s Street, Elsecar, Barnsley, shinned-up a pipe on a house in Barnsley in the middle of the night and went into the victim’s bedroom. The court also heard he punched and slashed at his victim with a knife before stealing her mobile phone. Cummins, who has previous convictions, pleaded guilty to robbery and unlawful wounding but after a previous trial he was acquitted of sexual assault and trespassing with intent to commit a sexual assault. Judge Wright defined Cummins as dangerous before sentencing him to 18-years of custody. Photo: South Yorkshire Police