These were the eight most serious cases to appear at Sheffield Crown Court this week, including the end of two murder trials and a disturbing domestic violence incident.
![Pictured is Anthony Woodward, aged 60, of Hatfield House Lane, near Shiregreen, Sheffield, who was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to 15-and-a-half years of custody after he was found guilty following a trial of raping a teenage girl and sexually assaulting her, and after he was also found guilty of sexually assaulting another young victim.
- https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/sheffield-pervert-jailed-after-raping-a-teenage-girl-and-sexually-assaulting-another-victim-4066108](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRjODkyNTdmLWY1YTQtNDk2YS1hMjIxLWQ1NzNlOTQ3ZDNjZjplMDExODU2Zi1hNDc3LTRmOWItYmRmNi0yYmFhZDhhMjc1Zjk=.png?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Anthony Woodward
Pictured is Anthony Woodward, aged 60, of Hatfield House Lane, near Shiregreen, Sheffield, who was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to 15-and-a-half years of custody after he was found guilty following a trial of raping a teenage girl and sexually assaulting her, and after he was also found guilty of sexually assaulting another young victim. - https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/sheffield-pervert-jailed-after-raping-a-teenage-girl-and-sexually-assaulting-another-victim-4066108 Photo: SYP
![South Yorkshire Police has issued a statement about claims police officers were at a notorious rave which kept thousands of Sheffielders awake. After loud music could be heard across the city overnight on February 25 and 26, photos emerged of officers at the scene of one of the raves, after previously claiming they were still looking for those responsible. In response, this week South Yorkshire Police has revealed that officers did locate the Darnall event, but it was nearly over at that point. The force said there were around 50 people there on private land, with the land owner’s permission.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk3ZTkzMWE2LWEwMDAtNDUzMC05Njg4LTdkYjNhNTA3NzdjOToyZjdkOWNiYy1hODg1LTQ3YTItYTcxOC1hMzhjM2I2Y2EwZTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Update on notorious rave that rocked Sheffield this month
South Yorkshire Police has issued a statement about claims police officers were at a notorious rave which kept thousands of Sheffielders awake. After loud music could be heard across the city overnight on February 25 and 26, photos emerged of officers at the scene of one of the raves, after previously claiming they were still looking for those responsible. In response, this week South Yorkshire Police has revealed that officers did locate the Darnall event, but it was nearly over at that point. The force said there were around 50 people there on private land, with the land owner’s permission. Photo: National World
![35-year-old Brett Thompson is beginning a 54-month prison sentence this week (Tuesday, March 14), following a string of violent assaults in which he stabbed his ex-partner in the buttock with a screwdriver and stamped on the head of a stranger during a group attack carried out in Carver Street, Sheffield city centre. He was jailed for 54 months, and granted a 10-year restraining order, preventing him from contacting the complainant.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjgwODkyMWVkLWRlNTQtNDVjOC05ZmI3LTViZTZmZTdlMWQ0NTo3ZjA2ZTIyYi1iODU1LTQwZDItOWVhOC05ODdiMTlhMTNmYzg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Brett Thompson
35-year-old Brett Thompson is beginning a 54-month prison sentence this week (Tuesday, March 14), following a string of violent assaults in which he stabbed his ex-partner in the buttock with a screwdriver and stamped on the head of a stranger during a group attack carried out in Carver Street, Sheffield city centre. He was jailed for 54 months, and granted a 10-year restraining order, preventing him from contacting the complainant. Photo: SYP
![Andrew Hague (right) has admitted murdering Simon Wilkinson (left) on Fox Hill Road, where both men lived, in what police described as a 'prolonged, brutal and unprovoked assault'. Tributes to Mr Wilkinson poured in after his death, with one neighbour describing him as a ‘lovely, polite man’ and another saying he ‘couldn’t ask for a better neighbour’. Hague was remanded in custody to be sentenced at the same court on May 9.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE2N2MxNjM5LTg3ZjgtNGFlOC1iZjA2LWFjM2UyNmI3NDIzMzoyYmQ5OTU2Ny0yOWIyLTQwNWYtYTFlNC03ZTM4NGNkYThjZjc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Murder Hague Wilkinson collage.jpg
Andrew Hague (right) has admitted murdering Simon Wilkinson (left) on Fox Hill Road, where both men lived, in what police described as a 'prolonged, brutal and unprovoked assault'. Tributes to Mr Wilkinson poured in after his death, with one neighbour describing him as a ‘lovely, polite man’ and another saying he ‘couldn’t ask for a better neighbour’. Hague was remanded in custody to be sentenced at the same court on May 9. Photo: SYP