Sheffield man charged with murder of his parents appears in court
A Sheffield man, who has been charged with the murder of his parents after they were found dead in their home, will enter his plea in March next year. James Duncan Andrews, of Reney Avenue in Greenhill, Sheffield, was arrested after his parents, Bryan and Mary...
Sheffield Batman and Joker stills released after men violently assaulted
Police in Sheffield have released stills of two people they wish to identify as part of their ongoing investigation into the assault of a group of men in the city centre. Shortly after 3am on Sunday 30 October, it is reported that three men left Stein Haus, previously...
Knife crime campaign returns to South Yorkshire
Operation Sceptre, a weeklong crime campaign to raise awareness of knife crime and the families who have been affected by its devastating impacts, returns this week to South Yorkshire. The national operation will run targeted operations from Monday 14 November to...
Appeal after woman in her 80s burgled in her home
Detectives in Sheffield are appealing for witnesses following a burglary of an elderly woman’s home in Ranmoor. Between midnight and 1am on Saturday 12 November, it is reported that two masked men forced entry to a property on Stumperlowe Hall Road. The occupant, a...
Man sentenced for killing ‘gentle and kind’ man while he was leafleting for church
A man, who randomly attacked and killed a man whilst he was leafleting for his church in Sheffield city centre last year, has been sentenced to an indefinite detention in a mental hospital. James Lee, 32, of Doncaster Road, Rotherham pleaded guilty to manslaughter on...
Three men sought following city centre assaults
At around 11:10pm on Friday 21 October, a 43-year-old man was assaulted by three men inside the Maida Vale Club on West Street. The men are reported to have punched, kicked and jumped on the man’s head and body multiple times, causing several injuries. Bystanders who...
Two Sheffield men jailed for possession of firearms
Two Sheffield men caught in possession of firearms have been sentenced to five years in jail at Sheffield Crown Court. John Murphy, 57, of Prince of Wales Road, Manor Castle and Mason Reside, 24, who is already serving time in HMP Moorlands for an unrelated offence,...
Man jailed after ‘ferocious’ knife attack at Sheffield party
A Sheffield man, who violently stabbed a man at a party in Sheffield this year, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Warsame Ibrahim, 27, of Dorset Street, Sheffield pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Court on 31 October after a stabbing took place after a night out...
Sheffield man jailed after raping and grooming teenage girl
A Sheffield man with ‘no remorse’ has been jailed for 14 years after raping a ‘vulnerable’ teenage girl, during a period of horrific abuse which nearly led to her suicide. Stephen Smith, 63, of Foxhill, groomed his victim, a teenage girl who cannot be named for legal...
‘Prolific’ Sheffield burglar jailed for four years
A 21-year-old man has been jailed for four years for a number of burglary and criminal damage offences in Sheffield. Dylan Gibson, 21, of Eastern Avenue, appeared before Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday 19 October for sentencing. He pleaded guilty on 22 September to...