Here are 15 people jailed or handed suspended sentences for offences in and around South Tyneside this month.
They all appeared at Newcastle Crown Court unless otherwise stated.
5. Ross Pippin
Pippin, 31, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault and criminal damage. He was jailed for 16 months and made subject to a five-year restraining order Photo: NOP
6. David Heslop
Heslop, 36, of Rubens Avenue, South Shields, admitted a racially aggravated public order offence and was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months Photo: NOP
7. Santino Welsh
Welsh, now 26, of Harbour View in South Shields, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of a class A drug and was sentenced to three years and four months in total behind bars Photo: NEP
8. Christopher Bullock
Bullock, 39, of Whitehall Street, South Shields, pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and three counts of making indecent images of children. He was sentenced to ten months imprisonment, suspended for two years, with a sex offending behaviour programme and rehabilitation days to be completed. Photo: NOP