All of the 14 serious criminals pictured here have been jailed during Sheffield Crown Court hearings held in October 2023.
Defendants charged with the most serious crimes committed in South Yorkshire are sent to be dealt with at Sheffield Crown Court.
Across 10 Sheffield court rooms, criminal judges dispense with countless cases every week.
In the cases of these defendants pictured here, judges felt these criminals could not be dealt with in the community and every single one of them is now serving time at His Majesty's Pleasure.
Some of these defendants were convicted after a trial, while others acknowledged their wrong-doing through guilty pleas.
The shortest sentence passed for these defendants was 21 months behind bars, and the longest was 20 years' custody.
5. Paul Blackshaw: Rapist jailed for attacking 15-year-old girl in Barnsley field as she walked home
A rapist who attacked a 15 year-old girl as she made her way home from a night out with friends has been jailed. Paul Blackshaw, aged 43 and previously of Oak Close, Barnsley, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years after being found guilty of rape following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court. He targeted his young victim in Hoyland on September 18, 2021. At around 10pm, Blackshaw followed the girl as she walked along Wentworth Road and raped her in a nearby field. South Yorkshire Police said: "Following his horrendous act, (he) left her there, upset, frightened and alone." After his arrest, Blackshaw denied raping the girl and had "no reasonable rationale" for how his DNA had got onto the girl’s clothing, the force said. Blackshaw has been aadded to the sex offenders' register for life. | Submit
6. Alan Elsworth: Barnsley man exposing himself and sexually assaulted women on buses while filming it
A Barnsley man who exposed himself on buses and sexually assaulted numerous women has been jailed. Alan Elsworth, aged 52, of Athersley, admitted his offending and was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court during a hearing on Friday, October 6, 2023. It was revealed that Elsworth filmed himself assaulting his victims while they were on bus journeys in South Yorkshire. Detective Constable Michelle Jameson, of South Yorkshire Police, said: "Elsworth showed absolutely no regard for his victims. He exposed himself on public transport before committing horrific sexual offences against women who should have been able to ride a bus without being subjected to a sexual assault. "These women have shown tremendous courage and bravery in coming forward to tell us about Elsworth's crimes and we hope the result at court offers reassurance to his victims that he is behind bars and about to serve a four-year sentence." Elsworth also admitted possessing a prohibited image of a child, extreme pornography and making incident images of a child following the seizure and search of devices at his home address. Elsworth, who has been placed on the sex offenders register, was jailed for four years. He was also given a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and made the subject of a 10-year restraining order. | Submit
7. Jesiah Galloway: Sheffield organised crime boss jailed with drug gang members for over 30 years total
The ringleader of an organised crime group selling crack cocaine on the streets of Sheffield has been jailed after a lengthy five year investigation by South Yorkshire Police. Jesiah Galloway, aged 29, and his gang of drug mules and dealers were jailed at Sheffield Crown Court on Monday, October 9, 2023 for a combined total of over 30 years. Left to right, top row- Galloway, James and Woodhead. Left to right bottom row- Scott, Anderson and Khan. (Photo courtesy of South Yorkshire Police) | Submit
8. Harrison Utley: The smiling face of Sheffield drug dealer caught with huge cocaine stash in bags for life
Harrison Utley, aged 21, has been jailed for eight years over a drug dealing ring involved in the supply of huge amounts of cocaine and ketamine. A 26kg stash of cocaine, 15kg of ketamine, and almost £100,000 worth of criminal property was found during a police raid of his Ecclesfield home. The property was raided by police on March 12, where two ‘bags for life’ by the door were found to contain 11kg of cocaine of 97 per cent purity and 12kg of 92 per cent purity. Those bags, more cocaine around the address, and 15.2kg of ketamine padlocked into his Volkswagen Golf had a total street value of between £815,000 and £2.2 million pounds, Sheffield Crown Court heard. £97,064 in cash, a cash-counting machine, scales and disposable gloves with traces of cocaine on them were found along with two knives in the headboard of his bed were also found. Utley was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, October 13, 2023, to eight years imprisonment for possession with intent to supply class A drugs. He was also sentenced to a four year sentence, to be served concurrently, for possession with intent to supply Class B drugs, and to one year for possession of criminal property. | Submit