Sheffield crime: Criminals whose serious offending resulted in lengthy jail terms in 2022
By Jon Cooper
Published 28th Dec 2022, 06:14 BST
Updated 28th Dec 2022, 07:15 BST
Here are fifteen serious criminals who were put behind bars for lengthy periods after their murderous or sexual offending left people shocked.
These offenders from across South Yorkshire and the region include murderers and sex offenders who were finally brought to justice at Sheffield Crown Court and Derby Crown Court in 2022.
One murderer, Damien Bendall, killed his partner, her two children and their young friend and was sentenced to a ‘whole life’ term of imprisonment which means he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Other offenders have also been taken off the streets for a very long time. These include a sex-offender who abused two children and was jailed for 31 years, a violent rapist who was sentenced to 18 years of custody and offenders linked to drug gangs who resorted to murder.
Other offenders have also been taken off the streets for a very long time. These include a sex-offender who abused two children and was jailed for 31 years, a violent rapist who was sentenced to 18 years of custody and offenders linked to drug gangs who resorted to murder.
5. Amrit Jhagra
A Doncaster teenager was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to life in prison after he was found guilty of two counts of murder. The court heard how Amrit Jhagra, aged 19, of Cedar Road, at Balby, Doncaster, was found guilty by a trial jury of murdering Janis Kozlovskis and Ryan Theobald on High Street, in Doncaster city centre, after he stabbed his victims and he was also found guilty of possessing an offensive weapon. Jhagra was originally sentenced in October. 2022, to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 24 years of custody but this was increased to a minimum term of 26 years of custody in December, 2022, by the Court of Appeal. Photo: SYP
Sex offender Michael France, pictured, who abused two children was jailed for 31 years. A joint investigation by South Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Police was mounted in 2019 when the first victim came forward and reported the abuse they had been subjected to by France. As the investigation developed a second victim was discovered. France, aged 42 when sentenced, of Sandyfields View, Skellow, was jailed after being found guilty of 14 charges against his two victims in May, 2022. Photo: SYP
7. Jabari Fanty, Aaron Yanbak, and Ricardo Nkanyezi
Three murderers who were part of a drugs gang were put behind bars for "life" after a young man was shot at least five times by two guns at a flat in a planned and cold-blooded murder. A Sheffield Crown Court trial heard how Jabari Fanty, Aaron Yanbak, and Ricardo Nkanyezi, pictured left to right, were found guilty by a jury of murdering 20-year-old Ramey Salem in a joint enterprise at a flat on Grimesthorpe Road South, Burngreave, Sheffield, from November, 2020. Fanty, Yanbak and a different defendant were also found guilty of the attempted murder of Ali al-Humakaini a month earlier after he was shot at Burngreave, Sheffield, in October, 2020. Fanty, aged 20, of Broadhead Road, Stocksbridge, was also found guilty of: conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life; conspiracy to possess ammunition with intent to endanger life; conspiracy to supply a controlled drug of A and having an article with a blade or point. Nkanyezi, aged 20, of Morgan Avenue, Parson Cross was also found guilty of: conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life; conspiracy to possess ammunition with intent to endanger life; conspiracy to supply a controlled drug of Class A and possessing a prohibited firearm. Yanbak, aged 20, of Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, was also found guilty of: conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life; conspiracy to possess ammunition with intent to endanger life and conspiracy to supply a controlled drug of Class A. Fanty and Yanbak were sentenced to custody for life with a minimum term of 35 years of detention each. Nkanyezi was sentenced to custody for life with a minimum term of 32 years of detention. Photo: SYP
Pictured are murderers Samsul Mohammed, aged 20, of Wolseley Road, Highfield, Sheffield, and Tinashe Kampira, 20, of Sheffield, who were sentenced to life imprisonment in October, 2022, after the shooting of Sheffield solicitor and father-of-two Khuram Javed. Samsul Mohammed, who had also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and conspiracy to possess ammunition with intent to endanger life in relation to another murder, was jailed for life and must serve a minimum term of 32 years. Tinashe Kampira was also jailed for life but must serve a minimum of 26 years. Samsul Mohamed and Tinashe Kampira had been found guilty of the murder of Mr Javed near Bramall Lane, the stadium of Sheffield United FC. They were also found guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life. Photo: SYP