Sheffield Crown Court Sentencing Results

Daniel Wright was found guilty following an eleven-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court of seven offences including manufacturing a firearm. The defendants had formed a private online chat group to share extreme right-wing views and endorse violence. A partially constructed 3D printed firearm was recovered from the home of Hall and Salmon. Wright was arrested in May 2021 by Counter Terrorism Policing North East.

Craig Berridge pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, possessing a knife in a public place, and affray.

David Vincent Berry, linked to Park Farming Limited (PFL), breached environmental permits at sites in Kiveton and South Anston in South Yorkshire. Operated sites illegally for financial gain, ignoring permit conditions on waste storage and processing, resulting in environmental impact.

Arron Bailey took part in large-scale disorder at a Rotherham hotel where asylum seekers were staying. He threw bottles, fence panelling and other missiles at police, attempted to gain access to a police van, added wood to a fire, and was seen launching bricks at the building and stoking a fire inside a hotel window.

Alfie Rose had been drinking at a pub for several hours on June 1 2024 in Rotherham before driving his Suzuki Alto at speed along Potter Hill. He lost control and crashed into a wall outside the Crown public house. Police found open alcohol in the driver's footwell. His female passenger suffered a fractured elbow, ankle, foot and ribs, and a punctured lung, spending a week in hospital. Rose admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

On 9 July 2023 at Temple nightclub on Queen’s Road, Sheffield, Adam Kandrac, a door supervisor, punched a club-goer in the head after words were exchanged while attempting to escort the victim and his friends from the premises. The victim fell unconscious, suffered a fit, and was later found to have a bleed on the brain with swelling and drooping to the right side of his lip and cheek. Kandrac claimed hypervigilance due to recent weapons incidents at the venue and believed the victim had a knife (which the victim denies).

During a home visit at his supported living accommodation in Sheffield, Aboubakar Diaby became agitated and prevented two victims from leaving. He produced a six-to-eight-inch knife, pointed it at them, threatened to stab them, held it close to one victim's stomach, and punched the other victim in the face. He pleaded guilty to affray and false imprisonment.

Aaron Jones contacted a child through TikTok and Instagram using usernames that hid his identity. He asked her age, then requested naked images and videos and offered to pay her. The messaging began in May 2025 and escalated in June 2025, when he arranged to meet her, drove her to what he said was a friend's house, and sexually abused her. The defendant, aged 32 and from Barnsley, had previously pleaded guilty to 10 offences including sexual communications with a child and engaging in sexual activity with a child.

Leeson took part in a joint attack on a residential Barnsley street in March 2025. He struck the victim at least three times with an axe while a second attacker stabbed the same man four times. The victim suffered a broken and deformed arm and multiple stab wounds to his chest, abdomen and buttock, requiring surgery. The victim, a former serviceman, said the assault had an enormous impact on him and triggered post-traumatic stress disorder. No reason for the violence was given in court.

Bawan Hawre, a shop worker and asylum seeker from Iraq, groomed and trafficked seven vulnerable girls aged between 12 and 16 for sexual abuse. He gave alcohol and drugs to six of the girls before raping them. The offences took place in the Doncaster and Sheffield areas. He was convicted and sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court.

Becky Parsons committed a string of shoplifting offences between June 29 and July 20, 2026, stealing goods worth more than £1,700 from shops. She was caught on CCTV breaching the terms of a criminal behaviour order by entering a shop she was banned from on June 29 and July 10, 2026. She pleaded guilty at Barnsley Magistrates' Court on July 22, 2026 to 13 counts of shoplifting and two counts of breaching a criminal behaviour order, and was sentenced to one year and eight months imprisonment with compensation ordered.

Barry Reddish, 52, a registered sex offender from Roughwood Road, Rotherham, was found guilty of three counts of breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). He babysat several children under 16 unsupervised between October 2019 and January 2020, ignoring his SHPO conditions. He was arrested on 30 March and charged shortly after.

Bradley Bennett, 32, of Ridgill Avenue in Doncaster, checked into the Holiday Inn Express in Balby under a fake name on 25 January due to paranoia. On 26 January he barricaded his hotel room door with a mattress, set the mattress and other items alight during a drug-induced psychotic episode, shouted for help and jumped from the window. He was arrested nearby. The fire caused £174,000 in damage plus over £50,000 in ongoing losses from closure. He had sought psychiatric help previously and had no prior similar convictions.

Charlotte Winstanley, a prison officer at HMP Lindholme, admitted misconduct in public office and sending a photograph from inside a prison after beginning a relationship with an inmate. She smuggled items and contraband into the prison.

Kevin Malcom Burgess, a corporate officer of Nottinghamshire Recycling Limited (NRL), breached environmental permits at sites in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and Kiveton and South Anston in South Yorkshire. Operations were illegal despite prior company conviction in 2011. Waste stored outside permitted areas, blended to avoid landfill tax, leading to significant environmental risk, harm to human health, and 5 fires at Worksop site in 2013 and 2014.

Joshua Stevens, 36, was involved in gunfire at a Maltby home on 11 May 2025. He and an accomplice tried to flee police after a 999 call, leading to a high-speed chase tracked by police helicopter. They were arrested in the early hours of 12 May. Evidence included discarded clothing matching CCTV (balaclava and black jumper), a gun hidden in a Maltby hedgerow confirmed by forensics to have been fired, and 52 shotgun cartridges seized at Stevens’ home.

In April, Kai Haddington, 27, was sighted in his blue VW Caddy driving through a red light on Penistone Road in Sheffield. After armed officers in an unmarked police car requested he pull over, Haddington refused and led officers on a pursuit, taking great risks to evade capture. Officers used their vehicles to bring him to a stop, but Haddington rammed the police cars before fleeing on foot into woodland. He caused over £20,000 worth of damage to a police car and distress to the officer inside. He was arrested after being found hiding in shrubbery by a police dog. Haddington refused to provide a sample when suspected of being under the influence.

Jonathan Birks appeared at his neighbour's door with a loaded crossbow on 23 March, demanding to know the whereabouts of a woman and claiming God had told him she was there. The victim was terrified and believed he would die. Birks searched the flat for the woman and her children before apologising and leaving. He returned the following morning outside the victim's bedroom window. Armed police arrested him later in his car, where flowers bought as an apology were found. The crossbow had three bolts in its magazine and one loaded in the chamber.

Elijah Palmer, 18, from Sheffield, contacted a 15-year-old girl via Roblox and Discord. He built trust, then blackmailed and threatened her into sending explicit sexual images and videos, self-harming, and cutting his name into her chest. He created a fake bomb threat in her name to further coerce her and forced her to record a degrading video. He was arrested in June 2025 but after release contacted her again to pressure her to change her statement. He later pleaded guilty.

Edward Charles Freeman, a corporate officer linked to Nottinghamshire Recycling Limited (NRL) or Park Farming Limited (PFL), breached environmental permits at sites in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and Kiveton and South Anston in South Yorkshire. Waste stored illegally in huge quantities outside permitted areas, blended to evade landfill tax, ignoring warnings, resulting in fires and ongoing environmental impact.

Hamza Hussain, 23, of Harney Close in Darnall, was driving a black VW Golf which crashed on the A61 St Mary's Gate roundabout at 01:55 BST on 17 June 2024. The front-seat passenger, 18-year-old the victim, died in hospital and the 15-year-old rear passenger suffered life-changing injuries. Hussain had been driving at 61mph in a 40mph zone and at 49mph before entering the roundabout. He fled the scene leaving his friends injured and later lied about his involvement before handing himself in the following morning.

Jabhari Blair was sentenced after confessing to possessing cannabis and banned items in prison, specifically a phone and a USB stick.

Jack Staniforth subjected his ex-partner to a campaign of abuse between December 2021 and July 2023. He isolated her from friends and family, prevented her from sleeping, threw her out of her accommodation and refused re-entry. He stalked her, bombarded her with unwanted contact, followed her, and drove dangerously close to her car, causing fear. He also made repeated threats against her and any future partners. The abuse included controlling and coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and stalking.

Liam Hall was found guilty following an eleven-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court of manufacturing a firearm and possessing a firearm. The defendants had formed a private online chat group to share extreme right-wing views and endorse violence. A partially constructed 3D printed firearm was recovered from the home of Hall and Salmon. Hall was arrested in May 2021 by Counter Terrorism Policing North East.

Philip Wood took part in violent disorder at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Manvers, Rotherham on 4 August 2024. Mobile footage showed him throwing branches and debris at police officers and being part of a group attempting to set items on fire. He was identified after removing his t-shirt to reveal distinctive tattoos including an image of Elvis Presley. He pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

Ridwan Jama threatened two members of the public in Sheffield city centre with a zombie-style knife. He was chased by police into Ponds Forge swimming pool, where he was detained and a large kitchen knife was recovered.