Sheffield Crown Court Sentencing Results

Brandon Hodson had a management role in a drug-dealing operation selling heroin and crack cocaine. Over a 63-day period the operation sent 10,520 bulk messages to 256 unique numbers and was estimated to have sold drugs worth £82,080. He pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial and was sentenced on 2 April 2025.

Paige Kemp fraudulently used a woman's bank details and cards over about two months in mid-2022, taking £27,559 in small amounts. She spent the money on gambling and high-value purchases. She was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on 2 April 2025.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Adam Kirk was an external associate involved in the drug smuggling conspiracy. He admitted drug smuggling (cannabis) and related driving offences including dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, and driving while over the specified limit for drugs.

Abigail Carter, sister of an HMP inmate, admitted drug smuggling (cannabis) and money laundering as part of the prison smuggling network. She was given a suspended prison sentence.

Alicia Harrison, partner of an HMP Lindholme inmate, was linked through financial work to multiple inmates and was involved in money laundering. She admitted drug smuggling (steroids) and money laundering, and was given a suspended prison sentence.

Ayesha Martin was linked through financial work to a prison officer and was captured on CCTV arriving at the officer’s address with packages and leaving without them on seven known occasions. Phone evidence showed she and her partner, an inmate, were involved in conspiracies to supply phones and drugs inside HMP Lindholme and HMP Hewell. She admitted drug smuggling, money laundering, and smuggling mobile phones and SIM cards into prison.

Darren Morgan was an external associate involved in the conspiracy to supply illegal drugs into HMP Lindholme. He admitted drug smuggling (Spice), money laundering and possession of diamorphine and cocaine with intent to supply.

Simie McGinley, an HMP Lindholme inmate at the time of offending, was involved with his partner in conspiracies to supply phones and drugs inside HMP Lindholme and HMP Hewell, where he had previously been an inmate. He admitted drug smuggling, money laundering, smuggling mobile phones and SIM cards into prison, and possessing a prohibited mobile phone.

Victoria Sked, a prison officer at HMP Lindholme, was arrested after a search of her bag found an open Pot Noodle containing two cling film-wrapped packages of cannabis. Further searches recovered MDMA, psychoactive substances, cannabis, steroids, mobile phones, tobacco and a SIM card, and a home search found 17 mobile phones, 332 sheets of Spice paper, five iPhones, five wraps of cannabis and over £7,900 in cash. She admitted drug smuggling, money laundering, and smuggling mobile phones and SIM cards into prison.

Jack McGlen, an HMP Lindholme inmate at the time of offending, was found through phone work to be running a drug-selling operation inside the prison. His partner was linked through financial work to multiple inmates. He admitted drug smuggling (cannabis and steroids), money laundering, and possession of a prohibited mobile phone.

Gareth Roberts was involved in smuggling cannabis and Spice into HMP Lindholme and possessed a prohibited mobile phone while an inmate there. He was part of a network uncovered by South Yorkshire Police’s Prison Anti-Corruption Unit, involving drug supply within the prison between August 2018 and July 2019.

Robert Williams was an HMP Lindholme inmate found to have a mobile phone attributed to him; analysis showed involvement in drug supply within the prison and arrangements to convey drugs into HMP Lindholme. He admitted drug smuggling (cannabis and Spice) and possessing a prohibited mobile phone.