But how many of these horrific offenders do you remember from the past 12 months?
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1. Shane Seymour
Seymour was jailed for seven years and four months in January for stabbing his nephew Daniel Mock to death in Bulwell. Seymour was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. Photo: Nottinghamshire Police
2. Billy Moran
Moran was jailed in August for holding his six-month-old daughter by the throat while he assaulted his former partner in the Balderton area of Nottinghamshire. He was jailed for 20 months and issued with a four-year restraining order. Photo: Nottinghamshire Police
3. Jamie Bradford
The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to attempted rape in Worksop earlier this month. He was jailed for three years and put on the sex offenders register indefinitely. Photo: Nottinghamshire Police
4. Brendan Sharp and Harry Wood
These two Kirkby men were jailed for almost ten years between them following a vicious attack through a car window during a robbery. Photo: Nottinghamshire Police