Here are 15 of the offenders who were sentenced in Leeds this week.
Their crimes include a man who paid for videos of children, as young as five, from the Philippines to be horrifically abused.
Also sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week, was a woman left to “carry the can” for a group who attacked a father and son after they watched an international football match in Leeds city centre.
View our gallery below for the full round-up of the offenders sentenced in Leeds this week...
7. Stephen Morris
Crazed thug Stephen Morris was already on a suspended sentence after he tried to attack police officers with an axe last year when stabbed a refuse worker with a screwdriver moments before he hopped onto a motorbike and drove at a police officer with a machete, attempting to slash at him. He was jailed for 34-months. | WYP
8. Zacharia Addo
Young drug dealer Zacharia Addo, 19, was given a two years jail, suspended for two years, with 80 hours unpaid work, 20 rehabilitation days and a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement after a judge took mercy on him because of his age. Addo, of Morley Grove, Beeston, was spotted by officers delivering Class A drugs and was also carrying a large machete at the time. | YEP / Google Maps
9. Daniel Sheard
Paedophile Daniel Sheard, of Victoria Street, Horbury, escaped jail despite being found guilty of three counts of making indecent images and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image. He was given a 12-month sentence, suspended for 18 months. The 39-year-old was also given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) to curb his internet use, and put on the sex offender register for 10 years. | YEP
10. Dean Ambler
Jealous thug Dean Ambler said the “red mist” descended as he launched into a vicious assault on his ex partner’s new boyfriend. The 39-year-old, of Chestnut Crescent, Normanton, who saw it as a “sense of betrayal” at the time escaped jail after being given a 10-month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was also given a 120-day alcohol-abstinence monitoring requirement and a five-year restraining order. | YEP
11. Selman Hysa, Armand Hysa, Klevis Hysa, Kosta Dumani and Admir Cerpja
Selman Hysa, Armand Hysa, Klevis Hysa, Kosta Dumani and Admir Cerpja have been jailed for a over 24 years between them for their roles in industrial-scale cannabis farms that produced almost £4 million worth of the drug across West Yorkshire. Led by Selman Hysa, the gang produced cannabis at both commercial and residential premises between October 2024 and April 2025. | West Yorkshire Police