Their crimes include drug dealing and dangerous driving.
Also sentenced this week was a knife-wielding thug who slashed a man across the face while robbing him of his electric bike.
Here’s the full court round-up, with 12 of the criminals who were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week -

7. Macauley Billings
Macauley Billings, of Whinney Hill Park, Brighouse, was jailed for 16 months after admitting a charge of dangerous driving, driving while banned and without insurance. The motorist led police on a high-speed chase, reaching speeds of up to 80mph in built-up areas of Wakefield while being pursued by a police helicopter on January 20. | West Yorkshire Police/National World

8. Mark Smith
Mark Smith, 52, of Lea Farm Drive, Kirkstall, was jailed for 28 months after admitting two counts of dealing in Class A drugs. The life-long addict confessed he was paid in drugs to be a dealer after a stop and search patrol on Queenswood Drive near Headingley on January 11, when police found a Kinder Egg tub containing 91 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin worth £910. | West Yorkshire Police/Getty

9. Simon Firth
Simon Firth, 48, of The Hawthorns, Pontefract, was jailed for 20 months after he admitted attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to incite a child into sexual activity. The plumber tried to groom a 12-year-old girl on Facebook, as a report found that he still denies a sexual attraction to children. | West Yorkshire Police/PA

10. Joel Chadwick
Joel Chadwick, 24, of Chadwick on Lismore Road, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, was jailed for 21 months after admitting two counts of dealing in ketamine, one of dealing in cannabis, and possession of MDMA. The drug dealer was caught by security at the Leeds Festival with a stash worth more than £15,000 last year. | West Yorkshire Police/National World

11. Damien Payne
Damien Payne, 40, of Fir Tree Avenue, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, was jailed for 12 months after he admitted attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and attempting to meet a boy under 16 after grooming. The businessman arranged to meet a teenage boy at the Radisson Blu hotel in Leeds city centre, but was found to be talking to an undercover police officer. | Google/Getty

12. Liam Town
Liam Town, 33, of Carrholm Road, Chapeltown, was jailed for 14 months after admitting a charge of dangerous driving, driving without a licence and without insurance. On October 29 last year, the banned driver was chased by police in Little London, before diving from a moving car that rolled down a hill and smashed into an unsuspecting 4x4 driver, injuring her. | Google/National World


