Pervert Joe Cooper has been jailed for 43 months and put on the sex offender register for life after he sexually assaulted a woman he met on a dating website. The 34-year-old attacked the woman and then laughed, later claiming she had “brought it on herself”. The court heard that Cooper has had previous issues with women, making threats.placeholder image
Pervert Joe Cooper has been jailed for 43 months and put on the sex offender register for life after he sexually assaulted a woman he met on a dating website. The 34-year-old attacked the woman and then laughed, later claiming she had “brought it on herself”. The court heard that Cooper has had previous issues with women, making threats. | WYP

13 wretched criminals locked up at Leeds Crown Court this week including dating-app pervert

All 13 were sentenced to time behind bars

These are the names and faces of 13 wretched criminals who were locked up at Leeds Crown Court this week.

Their crimes included a thug who sexually assaulted a woman he met on a dating website and then laughed.

Also sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week was a vengeful ex who travelled over 100 miles in the dead of night to torch the car and home of her ex and his new partner.

View our gallery below for the full round-up of criminals who were locked up in Leeds this week.

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