Sheffield Crown Court has seen numerous robbers locked up in recent months including some who armed themselves with terrifying weapons which shocked their unsuspecting victims.
In one case, one offender had been with another man and a teenage boy - who have also been locked up - when a taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint, sparking a police pursuit.
Elsewhere, another convicted robber was actually put back behind bars after he was found in possession of a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition.
In another case, an armed robber had a baseball bat when he targeted a woman selling her mobile phone and attacked her boyfriend.
Judges chose to jail these offenders in an effort to mete out punishment and to protect others.
Elsewhere, another convicted robber was actually put back behind bars after he was found in possession of a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition.
6. Barez Ahmed
Pictured is Barez Ahmed formerly of Washington Road, Sharrow, Sheffield, who stole over £300 after luring a young couple into a trap in Netherthorpe and threatening them by working with another unknown offender. Sheffield Crown Court heard in March, 2022, how the victim and his girlfriend had been walking home from a friend's house in the early hours of March 7, 2021. Detective sergeant Matthew Penn of South Yorkshire Police said: “As they walked along Barber Road, they were beckoned into an alleyway by a man, who they thought needed help. Once in the alleyway, their exit was blocked by a second man. The men demanded money and made three transactions using the victim’s mobile phone, totaling just over £300.” Ahmed, who was 21-years-old at the time of his sentencing hearing, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and he was sentenced to 21 months of custody. Photo: SYP
7. Melody Wolf
Pictured is Melody Wolf, aged 31, of Birchall Avenue, at Whiston, Rotherham, who was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court in March, 2022, to 43 months of custody after she admitted an attempted robbery and possessing an offensive weapon during a raid at a Post Office shop on Far Lane, at East Dene, Rotherham. The court heard how Wolf and an unknown man raided the Post Office shop on Far Lane, at East Dene, Rotherham, while a couple who owned the business were working early one morning. Photo: SYP