The faces of 10 offenders jailed for crimes linked to South Yorkshire
Police and judges have captured and recently punished a number of offenders at courts for their involvement in assaults, thefts and other crimes.
By Jon Cooper
Published 29th Jan 2021, 12:22 BST
Below are some of the more serious and dreadful robbery, assault and theft cases to have recently passed through our courts including offences linked to South Yorkshire and the region where victims have been left traumatised.
Offenders have been involved in robbing a young man at knifepoint, braking a barman’s jaw, stabbing a man, and in one case stealing luxury cars.
In other cases, a man was caught with 145 cannabis plants at a Sheffield property, a prisoner received more time behind bars after he had escaped, and an arsonist torched a florist shop.
But judges have seen fit to punish these offenders appropriately with custodial sentences of varying lengths.
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In other cases, a man was caught with 145 cannabis plants at a Sheffield property, a prisoner received more time behind bars after he had escaped, and an arsonist torched a florist shop.
5. Adam Wright
Adam Wright, aged 27, of Princess Road, Dronfield, followed a man off the premises at the Victoria Inn, in Stubley Lane, Dronfield, and assaulted him by hitting him in the face with a glass in February, 2020, according to a Derby Crown Court hearing. CCTV footage played to the court showed Wright following the man and smashing the glass into his face, causing him damage to his left eye, the court heard. Wright pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm. Recorder Stuart Sprawson sentenced Wright on January 21 to 14 months of custody. Photo: Derbyshire Constabulary
Sheffield Crown Court heard on January 26 how Scott Mair, aged 54, was found at a property on Tipton Street, near Wincobank, Sheffield, by police with 145 cannabis plants with an estimated potential yield of £46,980. Mair, of The Avenue, Birstall, Batley, West Yorkshire, who has 39 previous convictions including two for producing cannabis, pleaded guilty to producing the class B drug after the raid on July 5, 2019. Judge Michael Slater sentenced Mair to 32 months of custody. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
A prisoner who escaped from a Doncaster jail before handing himself in has been given more time behind bars.
Sheffield Crown Court heard on January 26 how Jose Blanco, aged 29, had been an inmate at HMP Hatfield, Doncaster, after he had been sentenced to three years of custody in October, 2019, for causing death by dangerous driving. Blanco was due for release on April 29 but fled from HMP Hatfield on December 19 but handed himself in on December 23, according to the court. Judge Sarah Wright sentenced Blanco to three months of custody to run consecutively to his current custodial sentence. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
Pictured is Peter Codman, aged 38, of Longley Hall Rise, Sheffield, who has been sentenced to 27 months of custody at Sheffield Crown Court on January 20 after he admitted two counts of possessing drugs with intent to supply them into HMP Lindholme, at Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster. Photo: South Yorkshire Police