by Gabriella Crisp | Dec 9, 2023 | Crime Top Story
A 20-year-old man who caused the death of a Sheffield man from a violent one-punch to the head has been jailed for seven years. Richard Wheeler, 56, headed out for a day of birthday celebrations in Sheffield city centre on Saturday 15 July 2023, where he was...
by Alice O'Connell | Dec 4, 2023 | News
Protestors gathered in front of Sheffield Crown Court this morning where they stood in silence holding up identical signs as part of a UK-wide campaign, ‘Defend Our Juries.’ The Campaign hopes to protect the centuries-old principle of ‘jury equity’, allowing...
by Gabriella Crisp | Nov 29, 2023 | Crime Top Story
A 13-year-old boy has been sentenced to two years in custody for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving resulting in the death of Marcia Grant. On Wednesday 5 April, officers were called to Hemper Lane in the Greenhill Area, Sheffield, where there was a...
by Chloe Evans | Nov 25, 2023 | Crime
A man has finally been jailed after ‘continuing his life with no remorse’ for over three decades following the rape of a seven-year-old girl. Leslie Winfindale was arrested and subsequently charged with rape of a female under 16 this year, after his victim-...
by Gabriella Crisp | Oct 24, 2023 | Crime Top Story
A man who imitated pulling a gun at officers on the M1 motorway in March 2023 has been jailed. Steven Nelson, 35, was seen wandering along the M1 before aggressively meeting an officer with what was believed to be a viable firearm. At Sheffield Crown Court on 19...