Sheffield Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 91 verdicts at Sheffield Crown Court (Sheffield). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Valentin Badica
Controlling prostitution for gain
April 25, 2025

Sentence: two years and eight months imprisonment

Valentin Badica was involved in a sex trafficking ring that shipped 14 young women from Romania to Doncaster, Norwich, and Ilford in London between 2016 and 2019. The women were sexually exploited at multiple addresses in Doncaster and London, where they were subjected to sexual, physical, and financial abuse by the traffickers. The gang transferred large sums of money associated with the exploitation and drove the women across the UK for sex work.
Mihaela Matei
Controlling prostitution for gain
April 25, 2025

Sentence: one year and ten months imprisonment, suspended for two years

Mihaela Matei was involved in a sex trafficking ring that shipped 14 young women from Romania to Doncaster, Norwich, and Ilford in London between 2016 and 2019. The women were sexually exploited at multiple addresses in Doncaster and London, where they were subjected to sexual, physical, and financial abuse by the traffickers. The gang transferred large sums of money associated with the exploitation and drove the women across the UK for sex work.
Iuliana Mavroian
Controlling prostitution for gain
April 25, 2025

Sentence: one year and ten months imprisonment, suspended for two years

Iuliana Mavroian was involved in a sex trafficking ring that shipped 14 young women from Romania to Doncaster, Norwich, and Ilford in London between 2016 and 2019. The women were sexually exploited at multiple addresses in Doncaster and London, where they were subjected to sexual, physical, and financial abuse by the traffickers. The gang transferred large sums of money associated with the exploitation and drove the women across the UK for sex work.
Ionica Badica
Controlling prostitution for gain
April 25, 2025

Sentence: two years and two months imprisonment

Ionica Badica was involved in a sex trafficking ring that shipped 14 young women from Romania to Doncaster, Norwich, and Ilford in London between 2016 and 2019. The women were sexually exploited at multiple addresses in Doncaster and London, where they were subjected to sexual, physical, and financial abuse by the traffickers. The gang transferred large sums of money associated with the exploitation and drove the women across the UK for sex work.
Ionut-Leonard Bahica
Controlling prostitution for gain
April 25, 2025

Sentence: 11 months imprisonment, suspended for two years

Ionut-leonard Bahica was involved in a sex trafficking ring that shipped 14 young women from Romania to Doncaster, Norwich, and Ilford in London between 2016 and 2019. The women were sexually exploited at multiple addresses in Doncaster and London, where they were subjected to sexual, physical, and financial abuse by the traffickers. The gang transferred large sums of money associated with the exploitation and drove the women across the UK for sex work.
Cristian Damaschin
Controlling prostitution for gain
April 25, 2025

Sentence: two years and eight months imprisonment

Cristian Damaschin was involved in a sex trafficking ring that shipped 14 young women from Romania to Doncaster, Norwich, and Ilford in London between 2016 and 2019. The women were sexually exploited at multiple addresses in Doncaster and London, where they were subjected to sexual, physical, and financial abuse by the traffickers. The gang transferred large sums of money associated with the exploitation and drove the women across the UK for sex work.
Adrian Cioroaba
Controlling prostitution for gain
April 25, 2025

Sentence: 11 months imprisonment, suspended for two years

Adrian Cioroaba was involved in a sex trafficking ring that shipped 14 young women from Romania to Doncaster, Norwich, and Ilford in London between 2016 and 2019. The women were sexually exploited at multiple addresses in Doncaster and London, where they were subjected to sexual, physical, and financial abuse by the traffickers. The gang transferred large sums of money associated with the exploitation and drove the women across the UK for sex work.
Iran Johnson
Blackmail
April 16, 2025

Sentence: 37 months imprisonment

Iran Johnson and an accomplice drove a victim to woodland and beat him over a drug debt, using a blunt implement to cause a fractured skull that required surgery. Johnson threatened to kill the victim if the debt was not repaid, leaving the victim in fear for his life.
Majid Janjua
Blackmail
April 16, 2025

Sentence: 32 months imprisonment

Majid Janjua and an accomplice threatened a victim with violence over a drug debt, leading to the victim being driven to woodland and beaten, resulting in a fractured skull that required surgery.
Philip Blythen
Assault
April 15, 2025

Sentence: 12 months imprisonment

Philip Blythen, aged 45, attacked his ex-partner after becoming jealous over a New Year's message on her phone. The assault occurred at his home address on New Year's Eve 2024, where he repeatedly kicked, punched, and slapped her during an argument while both were intoxicated.
Leslie Noel
Blackmail
April 14, 2025

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment

Leslie Noel demanded increasing sums of money, up to £20,000, from a victim at or around the victim's home on or around November 4, 2023, threatening serious violence against the complainant and his female family members. This incident was linked to a burglary involving stolen expensive items and drugs, where Noel had a close connection to aggrieved individuals. The victim lived in fear, suffered mental health deterioration, installed CCTV for safety, and remained worried about Noel's capabilities even from prison.
James Bradder
Stalking involving serious alarm or distress
April 11, 2025

Sentence: Hospital order under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 with a Section 41 restriction order

James Bradder conducted a nine-month stalking campaign against a professional footballer, starting with private messages on Instagram and escalating to public posts on X (formerly Twitter) after being blocked. The messages were obsessive and grotesquely sexual, causing the victim significant fear for her safety, anxiety, and disruption to her family life and career. She altered her routines and routes to avoid potential encounters, and the ordeal strained her relationship with her partner. Bradder's actions were influenced by untreated psychosis and substance misuse.
Nathan Peacock
Dangerous Driving
April 11, 2025

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment

Nathan Peacock led police on a high-speed chase in Doncaster, driving an Audi A3 with cloned plates on the wrong side of the road towards oncoming vehicles. He evaded officers by abandoning the car, switching to a moped, and fleeing through residential areas into woodland, where he hid in a bush. The pursuit began on March 19, 2025, after officers spotted him and signalled for him to stop.
Joshua Rafferty
Causing death by dangerous driving
April 8, 2025

Sentence: 9 years imprisonment and banned from driving for 15 years and 3 months

Joshua Rafferty, 20, was driving a stolen Ford Mondeo on July 26, 2024, in Doncaster when he crashed into a lamppost and an electric box after losing control at speed while under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. His half-brother, Aiden Allen, 30, died at the scene from a traumatic brain injury. Rafferty was trapped in the car, taken to hospital, and Class A drugs were found on him. He had no valid licence or insurance.
Stephen Clarke
Robbery
March 28, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Stephen Clarke, 38, pushed a man to the floor outside a bank in Doncaster city centre and robbed him of £40 at knifepoint on December 18. He was armed with a knife, demanded money, and fled the scene, but police tracked and arrested him just 24 minutes later.
Kieron Hall
Attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm
March 27, 2025

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment and £228 victim surcharge

On 13 January 2024, at Sheffield railway station, Kieron Hall was loudly and aggressively berating someone on the phone. A member of the public confronted him about his language due to the presence of children and families. Hall punched the man in the head, causing him to fall, punched him again, and then kicked him several times in the head before being restrained by others. He later ran back and kicked the victim in the head with full force.
Morgan Cutts
Supplying crack cocaine
March 26, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 4 months imprisonment

Morgan Cutts, 25, was involved in supplying crack cocaine as part of the D Line drug network in Doncaster. He was caught during a covert operation called Operation Dream Alpha, where he admitted to having just left jail and not wanting to return. The offences occurred while he was on licence, contributing to a city-wide crackdown on drug supply.
Matthew Harris
Causing death by dangerous driving
March 21, 2025

Sentence: 10 years and 8 months imprisonment and a 12 years driving ban

Matthew Harris, aged 36, drove after consuming 11 pints of lager, exceeding the 30 mph speed limit by travelling at 39 mph on High Street, Bawtry, Doncaster, on July 24, 2022. He struck and killed Keita Mullen, a 30-year-old mother-of-three, and her friend who sustained minor injuries, without attempting to stop properly before impact. Harris fled the scene, evaded police for four days, and was driving while banned and uninsured following a prior drink-driving conviction.
Damien Hunt
Supplying crack cocaine
March 21, 2025

Sentence: 1 year and 6 months imprisonment

Damien Hunt, 39, was investigated for supplying Class A drugs on a 'ring and bring' basis as part of the D Line drug network in Doncaster. He was apprehended through Operation Dream Alpha, a covert police operation targeting illicit drug networks, and his actions were part of a broader effort to disrupt organised crime groups in South Yorkshire.
Andrew Thompson
Wounding with intent
March 8, 2025

Sentence: 7 years and 4 months imprisonment

Andrew Thompson attacked Norton Bulgacs, a 21-year-old Doncaster Knights player, outside The Angel and Royal pub in Doncaster city centre on July 26. After being refused entry to the pub, Thompson stabbed Bulgacs repeatedly in the groin with a knife, causing life-changing injuries that left him unable to father children naturally and fighting for his life in hospital. Thompson was in possession of four kitchen knives during the incident.
Stuart Trentham
Misconduct in a public office
February 17, 2025

Sentence: 9 months imprisonment

Stuart Trentham, a 41-year-old former South Yorkshire Police officer based in Doncaster, was investigating a vulnerable woman's complaint in June 2022 about intimate images of her being posted online without her consent. Instead of pursuing the case properly, he closed the investigation but lied to the woman, sending increasingly sexualised WhatsApp messages. He forwarded the link to the images to his personal email, commented on her appearance, and sent a picture of himself in uniform. The woman, who has ADHD and severe mental health issues, felt compelled to respond and suffered a catastrophic impact on her mental health.
Leslie Crossland
Breach of disqualification as company director
February 1, 2025

Sentence: 16 months imprisonment

Leslie Crossland, a 75-year-old Barnsley businessman, was jailed for continuing to manage his businesses despite being disqualified as a company director. He failed to inform officials that he had withdrawn four pensions, using £23,300 to buy assets, including paying £9,000 to his wife for a car, in the months leading up to his bankruptcy declaration.
Jamil Talukder
Inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity
February 1, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

Jamil Talukder, a 23-year-old from Sheffield, pleaded guilty to sex offences including inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity, carried out against two young boys. He was working as a carer for a severely disabled, mostly non-verbal boy and was caught on a nanny cam abusing the child. Talukder had arrived in the UK from Bangladesh in October 2022 to study for a marketing degree and began working as a carer a year later.
Lester Ramsey
Conspiracy to rob
December 17, 2024

Sentence: 4 years and 6 months imprisonment

Lester Ramsey, 25, of no fixed address, was involved in a group of men who conspired to rob a cannabis grow operating from a terraced house on Page Hall Road on December 11, 2023. The group arrived in a convoy, but the robbery was thwarted when the cannabis farmers confronted them. This led to subsequent events, including a fatal shooting by another member of the group.
Leon Waite
Conspiracy to rob
December 17, 2024

Sentence: 4 years and 6 months imprisonment

Leon Waite, 26, of no fixed address, participated in a conspiracy with other men to rob a cannabis grow on Page Hall Road on December 11, 2023. The group travelled in a convoy, but the plan failed after a confrontation with the cannabis farmers, which escalated into a separate fatal incident.
Adam Mulligan
Conspiracy to rob
December 17, 2024

Sentence: 3 years and 6 months imprisonment

Adam Mulligan, 33, formerly of Catcliffe, Rotherham, conspired with a group to rob a cannabis grow on Page Hall Road on December 11, 2023. He drove several men to the location in his white van without licence plates and was intended as the getaway driver. The robbery attempt failed, leading to a confrontation and subsequent fatal shooting by another group member.
Jake Brown
Murder
December 17, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 36 years

Jake Brown, 23, of Horninglow Road, was involved in a planned robbery of a cannabis grow on Page Hall Road on December 11, 2023. After the robbery failed and a confrontation occurred, Brown armed himself with a pistol and fired multiple shots at a silver Skoda he mistakenly believed belonged to the cannabis farmers. The car actually contained Kevin Pokuta, 19, and his brother, Dominik, 17, who were unrelated to the incident. Brown fired four or five shots, fatally wounding Kevin in the head, leading to his death on December 13, 2023.
Hanzel Scott
Conspiracy to Supply Class A Drugs and Rape
November 6, 2024

Sentence: 24 years imprisonment

Hanzel Scott operated a sophisticated criminal enterprise supplying kilograms of cocaine and heroin in South Yorkshire from January 2018 to June 2020, generating over £292,000 in illicit gains, which funded a lavish lifestyle. While on bail for these offences, he raped two teenage girls in separate incidents, subjecting them to multiple attacks, assault by penetration, and threats. He also assaulted a police officer by headbutting after being found with a knife.
James Westrop
Conspiracy to Supply Class A Drugs
November 6, 2024

Sentence: 49 months imprisonment

James Westrop became involved in Hanzel Scott's drug empire starting as a customer in February, then acting as a courier by April, and managing logistics for supplying Class A drugs, including cocaine and heroin, until the operation was dismantled by police in June 2020.
Jordan Massarella
Conspiracy to Supply Class A Drugs
November 6, 2024

Sentence: 32 months imprisonment

Jordan Massarella was persuaded by Hanzel Scott to join the drug enterprise as a dealer after the closure of Scott's furniture business in 2020, involving the supply of Class A drugs, including cocaine and heroin, in South Yorkshire.
Kirk Hackett
Possession with intent to supply a Class B drug
October 24, 2024

Sentence: 3 years and 9 months imprisonment

Kirk Hackett, 30, from Dungannon, was stopped driving a lorry on the A1 near Doncaster on 3 May 2024. He had travelled from Larne port to Cairnryan, then to Sheffield, where he picked up over £2 million worth of cannabis hidden in the trailer's coil well. The cannabis consisted of 70 large bags, each weighing a kilo, with a street value of £2.1 million. He used false registration plates, a false insurance certificate, and had tools to conceal the drugs. Hackett was arrested and charged as part of an investigation into a suspected crime network.
Cody Cartwright
Rape
October 18, 2024

Sentence: 4 years and 8 months imprisonment

Cody Cartwright entered a woman's home and raped her while she was asleep in her bed on May 28, 2021. The victim was shocked and immediately told him to stop and leave. DNA evidence from his underwear linked him to the crime, which he claimed was due to secondary contamination, but jurors unanimously convicted him. The victim has suffered severe psychological effects, including flashbacks, exhaustion, and impacts on her professional life, and has made changes to her home to regain a sense of normality.
John Staveley
Gross indecency
October 1, 2024

Sentence: 9.5 years imprisonment

John Staveley, aged 55, sexually abused two boys over a decade from the late 1990s, exploiting his roles as a teacher and football coach. The offences included nine counts of gross indecency with a boy under 14, two counts of indecent assault on a boy under 16, and one count of causing or inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity. The first victim reported the crimes in 2020, leading to an investigation with witness statements and social media evidence.
Jonathan Jackson
Rape
September 20, 2024

Sentence: 15 years imprisonment

Jonathan Jackson, aged 57, of Goodison Boulevard, Doncaster, committed sex offences against a child who was 13 at the time, including two counts of sexual assault on a child under 13, one count of sexual activity with a child, and one count of rape of a female under 16. The offences took place around 2012 and 2013. The victim reported the crimes in October 2020, leading to his arrest and trial.
Waleed Ali
Rape
September 13, 2024

Sentence: Five years imprisonment

Waleed Ali, 42, from Scunthorpe, raped a 14-year-old girl in a Rotherham alleyway 21 years ago, with the crime coming to light through investigations by the National Crime Agency.
Lee Grant
Rape
September 1, 2024

Sentence: 19 years imprisonment

Lee Grant, aged 45, of Junction Road, Stainforth, was convicted of 10 sexual offences, including two counts of rape of a girl aged 13 to 15, five counts of sexually assaulting a woman, one count of raping a woman, and two counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14. Some offences occurred between 1993 and 1995 and in the early 2000s, with others in the past five years. Victims came forward after one reported the crimes, resulting in a complex investigation.
Paul Cleary
Sexual activity with a child in a position of trust
July 1, 2024

Sentence: 15-month suspended custodial sentence, 100 hours of unpaid work, 40 days of rehabilitation, 10-year restraining order, and 10-year sex offenders register

Paul Cleary, a former deputy head teacher, engaged in sexual communications and activity with a girl aged 13 to 17 while in a position of trust. He sent emails of a sexual nature, including messages that highlighted the risks due to her age and his job, and groomed a particularly vulnerable child, leading to her confidence being shattered, self-harm, and attempted suicide.
Jacqueline Fletcher
Theft
January 1, 2018

Sentence: 2 years and 8 months imprisonment

Jacqueline Fletcher, while employed as Property Store Team Leader at Attercliffe Police Station in Sheffield, stole £98,500 from seized cash that was supposed to be banked into the force account. She only banked £1,500 and diverted the rest to her own bank account in 2013, leaving the force in 2015. The theft was discovered in summer 2017 during a POCA request, leading to her conviction.
Michael Waters
Sexual offences
August 1, 2017

Sentence: life imprisonment

Michael Waters was convicted for a series of sexual offences, including attempted rape, committed in the West Yorkshire area. The offences involved the abuse of young girls under the age of 14 over several years. Investigations revealed he had previously murdered a nine-year-old girl in Liverpool in 1959, for which he served 10 years in prison before being released and reoffending. The probe began in 2015 after a victim came forward, leading to the discovery of additional victims and his eventual sentencing.
David Cohen
Murder
April 26, 2009

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum of 31 years

David Cohen and Ashley Cohen were found guilty of murdering 53-year-old taxi driver Younis Khan by gunning him down with a single shot through the window of his car in Scott Road, Pitsmoor, in what was allegedly an act of revenge for a nightclub brawl involving Mr. Khan's son. After being shot, Mr. Khan attempted to drive but crashed into the gates of Burngreave Cemetery and later died in hospital. The brothers were convicted following a five-week trial.
Ashley Cohen
Murder
April 26, 2009

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum of 33 years

Ashley Cohen and David Cohen were found guilty of murdering 53-year-old taxi driver Younis Khan by gunning him down with a single shot through the window of his car in Scott Road, Pitsmoor, in what was allegedly an act of revenge for a nightclub brawl involving Mr. Khan's son. After being shot, Mr. Khan attempted to drive but crashed into the gates of Burngreave Cemetery and later died in hospital. The brothers were convicted following a five-week trial.

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