Romeesa Ahmed, 27, of Princeville Street, Girlington, Bradford, was jailed for nine years after admitting causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury through dangerous driving. The trainee nurse was speeding and on her phone moments before she hit and killed 28-year-old pedestrian Athira Anilkumar Laly Kumari in Armley in February 2023 and left a waiting bus passenger with badly broken legs.placeholder image
Romeesa Ahmed, 27, of Princeville Street, Girlington, Bradford, was jailed for nine years after admitting causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury through dangerous driving. The trainee nurse was speeding and on her phone moments before she hit and killed 28-year-old pedestrian Athira Anilkumar Laly Kumari in Armley in February 2023 and left a waiting bus passenger with badly broken legs. | West Yorkshire Police

20 cold criminals who have been locked up in Leeds in the last week after being sentenced for their crimes

James Connolly
By James Connolly

SWNS reporter

Published 29th Apr 2025, 04:45 GMT
Updated 29th Apr 2025, 21:02 GMT

Here are 20 of the coldest criminals who have been locked up in Leeds this week.

Their crimes include a sadistic false imprisonment incident and an unbelievable case of fraud.

Also sentenced this week was a woman who caused death by dangerous driving in an extremely upsetting case.

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Here’s the full court round-up, with 20 of the criminals who were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week -

Ashley Sollitt, 35, was jailed for 22 months after admitting nine offences of stealing from the Co-op on Swarcliffe Avenue in Swarcliffe. The thief, described by a judge as a “hopeless” drug addict, faces a county-wide ban from the stores.

13. Ashley Sollitt

Ashley Sollitt, 35, was jailed for 22 months after admitting nine offences of stealing from the Co-op on Swarcliffe Avenue in Swarcliffe. The thief, described by a judge as a “hopeless” drug addict, faces a county-wide ban from the stores. | West Yorkshire Police/Google

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Egzon Miftari, top, and Mohammed Tariq, were jailed for a combined sentence of almost 18 years. It came after Miftari, 26, of Stonegate Chase, Meanwood, admitted two counts of blackmail and two of possessing a firearm, while Tariq, 27, of Undercliffe Street, Bradford, was found guilty of two counts of blackmail and one of firearm possession. The court heard that the pair were involved in an incident that saw a lethal pistol fired outside Morrisons on Stainbeck Road on July 18 over an alleged £500 drug debt.

14. Egzon Miftari and Mohammed Tariq

Egzon Miftari, top, and Mohammed Tariq, were jailed for a combined sentence of almost 18 years. It came after Miftari, 26, of Stonegate Chase, Meanwood, admitted two counts of blackmail and two of possessing a firearm, while Tariq, 27, of Undercliffe Street, Bradford, was found guilty of two counts of blackmail and one of firearm possession. The court heard that the pair were involved in an incident that saw a lethal pistol fired outside Morrisons on Stainbeck Road on July 18 over an alleged £500 drug debt. | Google/West Yorkshire Police

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Gary Franks, 39, of Orion Gardens, Belle Isle, was jailed for 27 months after admitting ABH and criminal damage. The thug, who was fast asleep in Belle Isle Working Men’s Club on November 24 last year, viciously beat his girlfriend after she woke him up.

15. Gary Franks

Gary Franks, 39, of Orion Gardens, Belle Isle, was jailed for 27 months after admitting ABH and criminal damage. The thug, who was fast asleep in Belle Isle Working Men’s Club on November 24 last year, viciously beat his girlfriend after she woke him up. | West Yorkshire Police/Google

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Jacob Davenport, 25, of Naseby Grange, Lincoln Green, was jailed for eight months after breaching the terms of a suspended sentence by failing to attend probation meetings or make progress with his community service. He was handed the sentence for a brutal attack on his pal in July 2021.

16. Jacob Davenport

Jacob Davenport, 25, of Naseby Grange, Lincoln Green, was jailed for eight months after breaching the terms of a suspended sentence by failing to attend probation meetings or make progress with his community service. He was handed the sentence for a brutal attack on his pal in July 2021. | National World

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Jozef Lakatos, 22, of no fixed address, was jailed for 12 months after admitting four counts of breach of a restraining order and one of failing to surrender to custody after he failed to show up for court. The cash-seeking nuisance son who was warned to stay away from his father’s home in Harehills, but ignored the court order.

17. Jozef Lakatos

Jozef Lakatos, 22, of no fixed address, was jailed for 12 months after admitting four counts of breach of a restraining order and one of failing to surrender to custody after he failed to show up for court. The cash-seeking nuisance son who was warned to stay away from his father’s home in Harehills, but ignored the court order. | National World

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