The Latest Breaking News from Sheffield Crown Court

Brothers jailed for raping teenagers in Rotherham

Mark and Robert Evans befriended the girls, one as young as 13, in the South Yorkshire town almost two decades ago.

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

Hospital worker who took pressure cooker bomb into maternity ward jailed for life

Mohammad Farooq was only stopped after being talked down by patient Nathan Newby

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025

Rotherham rapists jailed for grooming girls who were ‘vulnerable in the extreme’

The pair inflicted ‘severe psychological harm’ to their victims, judge says

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

Rotherham rioter who tried to set fire to asylum seeker hotel is jailed for nine years

Levi Fishlock – who was ‘very identifiable’ in a purple England football shirt during the UK summer riots – has been given one of the stiffest sentences so far

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024

Man who fuelled hotel fire receives highest sentence for riot-related offence

A RIOTER who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers during last summer's riots in England…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2024

Man who fuelled hotel fire given joint highest riot-related sentence so far

Levi Fishlock was jailed for nine years over his role in the disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers, Rotherham.

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024

Two brothers found guilty of raping teenage girls almost 20 years ago

Mark Evans, 36, and Robert Evans, 40, were convicted on Wednesday after a two-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court.

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Man whose truck was filled with debris used by rioters jailed for 27 months

Jake Turton, 38, was part of the disorder which broke out outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024

Man jailed over hotel rioting died from ‘hanging’ in prison, inquest told

Peter Lynch died on October 19 after he was jailed for two years and eight months for his part in the disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Man admits stoking fire outside hotel housing asylum seekers during riot

Levi Fishlock, 31, pleaded guilty to arson with intent to endanger the lives of dozens of people inside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024