Sheffield Crown Court Sentencing Results

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.

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.

Susan Hemsworth, 54, of Carr House Road, was arrested in March 2025 after police searched a property in the Hexthorpe area of Doncaster and found bags containing crack cocaine, cocaine, and heroin. She was involved in dealing crack cocaine and heroin in Doncaster.

Atif Qadar participated in a nationwide sham modelling agency fraud that ran for over eight years and took £13.6 million from more than 6,000 victims. Aspiring models were promised paid work but instead paid for portfolio photographs that offered no real chance of professional modelling jobs. The scam was run through sham agencies and studios across England.

Jamie Peters was involved in a nationwide sham modelling agency fraud that ran for over eight years and took £13.6 million from more than 6,000 victims. Aspiring models were lured by social media adverts and free test shoots, then pressured into buying portfolio photographs after false promises of paid modelling work. The scam operated through sham agencies and studios in cities including London, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Coventry and Nottingham.

Emily Newall was involved in a nationwide sham modelling agency fraud that defrauded more than 6,000 victims of £13.6 million over eight years. Victims were lured by social media adverts and free test shoots, then pressured into buying portfolio photographs with false promises of paid modelling work. The fraud operated through sham agencies and studios in cities across England.

Philip Foster orchestrated an eight-year £13.6 million fraud from Spain using sham modelling agencies and photography studios in cities across England, including London, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Coventry and Nottingham. More than 6,000 aspiring models and their parents were lured by social media adverts and free test shoots, then pressured into buying portfolio photographs after false promises of paid modelling work. Money from the scam was laundered through UK bank accounts before being transferred to Spain or carried in cash on commercial flights. Foster lived in luxury abroad and used the proceeds to buy high-end watches and cars.

Lisa Foster took part in a nationwide sham modelling agency fraud that defrauded more than 6,000 victims of £13.6 million over eight years. Victims were promised modelling work and pressured into buying expensive portfolio photographs that offered no real chance of professional jobs. The fraud used sham agencies and photography studios across England and laundered money through UK bank accounts.

Michael Foster was sentenced for his part in a sham modelling agency conspiracy that defrauded more than 6,000 victims of £13.6 million over eight years. Victims were promised paid modelling work but instead paid for portfolio photographs that offered no real chance of professional jobs. The fraud operated through a network of sham agencies and studios across England, with money laundered through UK accounts and transferred to Spain.

Paul Fleury took part in a nationwide sham modelling agency fraud that defrauded more than 6,000 victims of £13.6 million over eight years. Victims were lured by social media adverts and free test shoots, then pressured into buying portfolio photographs with false promises of paid modelling work. The fraud operated through sham agencies and studios in cities including London, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Coventry and Nottingham.

Jude Dennis, 20, was spotted acting suspiciously on Glyn Avenue in Doncaster in May 2024. South Yorkshire Police performed a stop and search, seizing four clear bags containing numerous wraps of drugs and a snappy bag containing white powder confirmed as heroin and crack cocaine valued at £580. After being bailed, he was spotted dealing again on July 1, 2024, walking towards drug users. He was searched, yielding cash and snappy bags of crack cocaine and heroin worth £880, plus an incriminating text message '4 ten 2 fiver' on his phone suggesting a drug deal.

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.

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.

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.

Aneeze Williamson, 30, an inmate at HMP Leeds, coordinated the supply of Class B drugs and smuggling of mobile phones into HMP Lindholme between 2018 and 2020, contributing to a conspiracy that introduced harmful substances like spice, resulting in seven fatalities.

Anthony Campbell, 38, an inmate at HMP Dovegate, helped coordinate the smuggling and supply of Class B drugs and mobile phones into HMP Lindholme between 2018 and 2020, as part of a network that distributed contraband including spice, leading to seven deaths and widespread drug dependency among prisoners.

Amy Hatfield, a 38-year-old mental health nursing assistant at HMP Lindholme, smuggled illicit packages including drugs (MDMA, spice, cannabis, ketamine), mobile phones, and a knife into the prison between 2018 and 2020 as part of a large smuggling network. She became infatuated with inmate Joseph Whittingham, leading to an intimate relationship involving sexual activity and exchanging images within the prison. She was stopped and searched in September 2019 with contraband worth an estimated £1m, leading to her arrest the following month. The conspiracy contributed to seven spice-related deaths at the prison between 2018 and 2019.

Audrey Needham, 56, from Comfrey Close, Nottingham, assisted in supplying Class B drugs and laundering proceeds from the sale of contraband smuggled into HMP Lindholme between 2018 and 2020, part of a network that introduced drugs like spice, resulting in seven prisoner deaths.

Courtney Ward, 26, from Harvey Close, Nottingham, was recruited to supply Class A and B drugs as part of the smuggling network targeting HMP Lindholme between 2018 and 2020, contributing to the influx of substances like heroin, MDMA, spice, ketamine, and cannabis that caused seven deaths and significant harm.

Deborah Stoddard, 56, from Shorefields Village, Liverpool, smuggled Class B drugs, knives, and mobile phones into HMP Lindholme and laundered money from their sales between 2018 and 2020, exacerbating a drug crisis that led to seven spice-related deaths and violence in the prison.

Kieran Murphy, 26, an inmate at HMP Altcourse, was involved in coordinating the smuggling of Class B drugs, mobile phones, and knives into HMP Lindholme between 2018 and 2020 as part of a network that sold contraband to other prisoners. The operation flooded the prison with drugs like spice, contributing to seven related deaths and severe harm to inmates.

Lee Holmes, 44, from Sylvia Terrace, Stanley, supplied Class B drugs, smuggled them into HMP Lindholme, and laundered proceeds between 2018 and 2020, as part of a network responsible for introducing contraband that caused seven spice-related deaths.

Kora Haley, 30, from Holme Lane, Bradford, supplied Class B drugs, smuggled mobile phones into HMP Lindholme, and laundered money from the network operating between 2018 and 2020, which flooded the prison with drugs causing seven deaths and high dependency rates.

Leighton Kemp, 29, from Erewash Gardens, Nottingham, was involved in smuggling Class B drugs and mobile phones into HMP Lindholme and laundering proceeds between 2018 and 2020, as part of an operation that supplied 216,000 doses of spice worth £50 each behind bars, linked to multiple deaths.

Jordan Needham, 31, an inmate at HMP Dovegate, participated in smuggling Class A and B drugs, including spice, and mobile phones into HMP Lindholme between 2018 and 2020. He sold spice to inmates, resulting in one victim spending 10 days in a coma, losing leg use and sight in one eye. The network was linked to seven spice-related deaths at the prison.

Joseph Whittingham, a 35-year-old inmate at HMP Leeds, coordinated a smuggling network at HMP Lindholme between 2018 and 2020, bringing in drugs (including spice, cannabis), mobile phones, and knives. He initiated a sexual relationship with prison nurse Amy Hatfield in 2018, using her to smuggle contraband. He also recruited his wife Lucy and father Paul to launder proceeds. The operation involved selling prohibited items to other inmates and was linked to seven spice-related deaths, including one where a batch from Hatfield matched the drug that killed the victim in September 2019.