Sheffield Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Teri Hodson, of Selby Road in Barnsley, stole several items from various shops and cafes in the Penistone and Athersley areas alongside her father. She appeared at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Friday, May 15.

Austin Fitzgerald, director of Concept Investments Limited, admitted offences related to allowing an illegal waste site to operate on land at Rutland Road, Sheffield, known as the Former Stanley Works. The Environment Agency visited the site in 2022 and told the occupier that waste could not be stored without a permit, giving six weeks for it to be cleared. In 2023, officers found that none of the waste had been cleared and new waste had accumulated. A formal notice requiring clearance by 5 June 2023 was not complied with. Fitzgerald was sentenced at Sheffield Magistrates Court on 15 April 2026.

A 17-year-old apprentice at MTL Advanced Ltd suffered a crush injury to their thumb on 8 November 2024 while using a metal cutting guillotine during training in the Apprentice Training Workshop. The HSE investigation revealed a large gap in the guillotine's bed allowing access to dangerous parts, which the company failed to identify even after the incident. Additional failings included access to live electrical parts, unguarded machinery, and deficiencies in equipment inspection. A Prohibition Notice was served to control risks.

Edmund Fowler, of Skelwith Drive, drove to Sheffield Grand Mosque on four occasions between May and June 2025. He released rats from a cage into the mosque grounds, shouted racist insults at people entering the building, and filmed himself committing the acts. He was captured on CCTV taking a rat from the boot of his Black Audi on June 2, 2025.

On January 13, 2025, Laine Hempsey drove a Vauxhall Signum dangerously in Gleadless, Sheffield, after running a red light and ignoring a police request to stop. He drove on the wrong side of the carriageway despite oncoming traffic, on pavements, and crashed into a Vauxhall Astra before abandoning the vehicle and attempting to flee on foot. He was apprehended with the help of a police dog, tested positive for being over the prescribed limit for cannabis, and admitted to having only a provisional driving licence and no insurance.

Scott repeatedly made racial slurs towards people in the Shirecliffe area in January and February 2026. He admitted four counts of racially aggravated harassment and possession of a knife in a public place.

Sajid Bashir continually refused to sign up to Sheffield council's selective licensing regime. Prosecuted for falsely claiming a seventh property was exempt by stating tenants were close family members. The court found no qualifying exemption and found him guilty.

Ashley Barrett, 41, of Manor Park Drive, Pontefract, a specialist operations trainer based at West Yorkshire Police's Carr Gate base in Wakefield, made repeated silent telephone calls to his ex-partner between October and November 2024 after their relationship ended in January 2024.

Suhail Mahmood illegally evicted his tenant by giving him just a few hours notice to move out of his rental property before removing and changing his locks a few days later.