All of the criminals pictured here are now serving time in prison, after being brought to justice at Sheffield Crown Court in April 2024.
Sheffield judges have sent the eight defendants pictured here to begin sentences ranging from 20 weeks to 11 years.
One of the offenders denied the sex offences he faced but was convicted after a trial, while the others acknowledged their wrongdoing - and consequently received a reduction in the length of their sentence - after entering guilty pleas.
9. Glynn Platts: Nuisance Sheffield thief jailed and banned from shopping centre for ‘relentless' boozy stealing spree
A nuisance thief who made shop workers' lives a misery by stealing from Sheffield stores has been jailed and hit with a two-year ban from entering a supermarket and shopping centre. Glynn Platts stole over £1,000 worth of alcohol in a spree which saw him target a Sainsbury's store in Crystal Peaks and an Asda supermarket at Drakehouse Retail Park. The 36-year-old would grab bottles of whisky, vodka and brandy from the stores and then walk out without paying, with his thefts caught on CCTV footage captured in the store. Platts, of Raseby Avenue, Waterthorpe, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft and was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, April 10. He was also handed a two-year CBO which prevents him from entering Crystal Peaks Shopping Centre, the Asda in Beighton Road and the B&M store on Drakehouse Retail Park. The CBO also forbids him from remaining on any retail premises if he is asked to leave by the owner, an employee or anyone acting on behalf of the owner or employee of a premises.