Their crimes include shocking sexual attacks and violent assaults.
Also sentenced this week were a raft of criminals charged after recent disorder, including one vile thug who made monkey gestures towards a black woman during a city centre protest.
Here is the full court round-up, with 17 of the criminals who were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week -
7. Aaron Taylor
Aaron Taylor, 36, of Bawn Drive, Bramley, was jailed for 24 months after admitting charges of ABH, theft and sending a threatening communication. He attacked his friend in Bramley during a drinking session after the victim said the man needed to be a good father on May 15. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
8. Emile Riggon, Phillip Bryant and Jozeffi Jeffers
Emile Riggon, 23, of no fixed address, Jozeffi Jeffers, 28, of Hyde Park Road, and Phillip Bryant, 33, of Skinner Lane, were all given life sentences after they were found guilty of murder. They brutally stabbed 19-year-old Emmanuel Nyabako to death on Francis Street in Chapeltown last year, before stripping him naked and dragging his body into the street. | West Yorkshire Police
9. Ryan Evans
Ryan Evans, 33, of Ramsden Street, Castleford, was jailed for more than three-and-a-half years after admitting GBH without intent, ABH and breach of a non-molestation order. He was ordered to stay away from his ex after he called her up to 100 times a day, then held a knife to her throat. | West Yorkshire Police
10. John Cunningham
John Cunningham, 49, of Shakespeare Approach, Burmantofts, was jailed for 34 weeks after admitting racially-aggravated ABH, two counts of possession of Class A drugs, theft, two common assaults. On October 19 last year, he stole money from a busker on Albion Street, then attacked and racially abused a security worker who tried to intervene. | West Yorkshire Police/Google
11. Michael McManus
Michael McManus, 36, of Hyde Park Road, was jailed for 30 months after admitting coercive control from January 2020 to July this year, making threats to kill and breaching a restraining order. He left his partner in £22,000 worth of debt and threatening to kill her and her family if she left him. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
12. Rafal Kuc
Rafal Kuc, 24, of Winrose Approach, was jailed for four years after admitting two counts of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs. He was caught plying his trade again after police raided his home in Belle Isle where his wife and children were. | West Yorkshire Police/National World/Google