These defendants either assaulted their victims or were linked to serious attacks involving the use of a range of different types of weapons, and in some cases they caused serious harm, pain or distress to their victims.
One man poured a flammable liquid over his daughter but luckily failed to ignite it, a prisoner stabbed a fellow inmate with a toilet brush with a screw attached to the point, and another prisoner threw human waste at prison officers.
Judges have all recognised the seriousness of the offences committed by these defendants and imposed commensurate custodial terms upon the offenders.
Sentences ranged from 11 months of custody to as long as life imprisonment.
5. 5. Luke Hodgson
Pictured is Luke Craig Hodgson, aged 24, of Devonshire Drive, Sheffield, who was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to two years of custody after he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and to two counts of sending threatening communications. The court heard on September 5 how Hodgson, twice grabbed his ex-partner around the throat and months later went on to smash an acquaintance over the head with a bottle after Hodgson believed he had been talking to his former partner. Hodgson later sent threatening and insulting messages to his ex-partner via Facebook and he also sent threatening messages to the man he had attacked. Photo: SYP
6. 6. Jacob Carroll
Sheffield Crown Court heard during a sentencing hearing in August how 27-year-old Jacob Carroll, pictured, and 26-year-old Jordan Davies, both of no fixed abode, were both found guilty by a trial jury of murdering 18-year-old Joevester Takyi-Sarpong. Prosecuting barrister Mark McCone had told the jury the defendants had chased Joe before he was stabbed and murdered on October 31, 2021, and his body was found near to the derelict former Doncaster County Court building the following morning. Judge Jeremy Richardson QC said the defendants had ensnared Joe, and Carroll had stabbed him and even though he accepted the defendants had only intended to cause serious harm and not to kill this still amounted to murder. He sentenced both Carroll and Davies to life imprisonment and told them they must both serve a minimum of 22 years before they can be considered for release. Photo: SYP
7. 7. Jordan Davies
Sheffield Crown Court heard during a sentencing hearing in August how 26-year-old Jordan Davies, pictured, and 27-year-old Jacob Carroll, both of no fixed abode, were both found guilty by a trial jury of murdering 18-year-old Joevester Takyi-Sarpong. Prosecuting barrister Mark McCone said the defendants had chased Joe before he was stabbed and murdered on October 31, 2021, and his body was later found near to the derelict former Doncaster County Court. Judge Jeremy Richardson QC said the defendants had acted together and ensnared Joe, and Carroll had stabbed him and even though he accepted the defendants had only intended to cause serious harm and not to kill this still amounted to murder. He sentenced both Davies and Carroll to life imprisonment and told them they must both serve a minimum of 22 years before they can be considered for release. Photo: SYP
8. 8. Michael Cavanagh
Sheffield Crown Court heard on August 15 how Michael Cavanagh, pictured, followed a 62-year-old neighbour to his nearby flat at St Leonard’s Avenue and refused to leave before he grabbed an extendable baton from his victim and beat him with the weapon. Cavanagh, aged 52 at the time of sentencing, of Well Drive, at Thrybergh, Rotherham, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to 11 months of custody and was made subject to a five-year restraining order after he pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. Photo: SYP