Sheffield Crown Court Sentencing Results

Murali Nadendla, 27, was shown on CCTV trying to carry a shaking female student back up the communal stairs of their student accommodation and striking her to the face as she resisted. The false imprisonment lasted around 45 minutes, and the victim eventually returned to the flat because she saw no other option. A passing female student intervened and alerted security staff. Nadendla admitted false imprisonment.

Martin Crowther, linked to Park Farming Limited (PFL), breached environmental permits at sites in Kiveton and South Anston in South Yorkshire. Aided and abetted illegal waste operations outside permit terms, storing waste improperly and blending to avoid tax, contributing to environmental damage.

Martin Johnson, 66, controlled all aspects of his partner of 30 years' life, including not permitting her to socialise with other men and deciding where they were or were not going. He would come home from the pub and start rows, then slap her face or pull her hair. On February 23, 2024, after becoming angry because his partner was dancing, he pushed her down the stairs outside a pub and pinned her by the neck. After the relationship ended, he called her 15 to 20 times a day, forcing her to change her phone number, and frequently parked outside or drove past her workplace, the bus stop she used and the home she shared with her new partner, often shouting from his car. He had convictions going back to the 1970s, with the most recent being a fraud and stolen goods matter in 2009.

Mohammed Jhangur attempted to hide a knife used by his son in an attack on another victim, who sustained stab injuries to the head, a fractured jaw and a punctured lung. He was found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

Micko Allcock was involved in a large fight outside Grimethorpe Methodist Church in Barnsley on 21 February 2025, following the funeral of Margaret Nicholson. He pulled out a knife, injuring one person through reckless contact during the brawl between two sides of a family.

On 15 May 2025, Muhammad Kamran deliberately drove at speed into another vehicle on a busy street during a disagreement. CCTV captured him driving at excessive speed into the car. Two other vehicles following behind crashed into a parked van and their occupants emerged with weapons. Kamran fled the scene immediately after the crash but was identified from DNA left on the deployed airbag. He admitted dangerous driving.

Marcus Ned was involved in two linked shooting incidents in Sheffield on 3 April. He first fired shots at a home in Sheffield, then moments later knocked a motorcyclist off his bike and shot at him on Rivelin Valley Road. Armed officers found empty cartridge cases at both scenes. Police traced the violence back to Ned, who was known to one of the victims. He escaped from an address by scaling down a flat and led officers on a foot chase before being found hiding in a garden. Officers recovered a firearm and matching ammunition.

Lydia Ratcliffe was sentenced for causing a communication by contacting inmates on contraband phones from her mobile phone under Section 40D of the Prison Act 1952. She was found not guilty of a money laundering offence.

Luke Rushforth, 24, 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 the accomplice’s home.

Lewis Brough was intoxicated with alcohol, cocaine and ketamine when he attempted a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre on a bend on Dinnington Road, Rotherham, placing him on the wrong side of the carriageway. He drove a Ford Ranger into the back of a Mercedes carrying an elderly couple before causing a head-on collision with an oncoming BMW. The BMW driver sustained catastrophic injuries including a fractured collar bone and spinal fractures; the elderly couple sustained whiplash and anxiety. Brough was banned from driving and on bail for further driving offences at the time. He climbed out from the back seat and claimed someone else had been driving, and he failed to assist the injured. He later pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving whilst disqualified. The judge noted his appalling driving record and said custody was the only option.

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.