Their crimes include a dangerous sexual predator who picked up a woman that thought he was her pre-booked taxi and then raped her, and a vile paedophile, who forged his references, to land a job at a Leeds nursery.
Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court during March 2026, was a bungling ram-raider targeting valuable games consoles at Smyths Toy Superstore in Leeds.
Here are the names and faces of 38 criminals who were locked up by judges last month...
7. Frankie Allwork
Frankie Allwork was jailed for a minimum of eight years after pleading guilty to multiple counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child. The 27-year-old was convicted following an investigation by detectives from the Child Vulnerability Exploitation Team (CVET) into offences which occurred over several months at Allwork’s address in Kentmere Avenue in Seacroft. | WYP
8. Kyle Whitelaw
Kyle Whitelaw was jailed for six years and put on the sex offender register for the rest of his life after being found guilty of raping a woman in her own bed as she slept after a night out. The 32-year-old was told by Judger Robin Mairs that his actions were “fuelled by cocaine and sexual entitlement”, even after the woman spurned his advances and tried to fight him off. | WYP / YEP
9. William Lock
Bungling ram-raider William Lock, along with a gang of thieves used a car to smash their way into a Smyths Toy Superstore in Leeds causing up to £5,000 of damage. The group were targeting valuable games consoles but fled empty handed after finding all of the boxes were empty. The 38-year-old was jailed for 32 months. | WYP
10. Declan Aldridge and Kayle McGhie
Thugs Declan Aldridge and Kayle McGhie were both jailed for their part in a pub brawl at the Station pub, on Otley Road, Guiseley that left a man with fractures to his eye socket. Aldridge, 31, also admitted Section 20 GBH from a different incident in which he threw a glass into a woman’s face in a pub. He was jailed for 78-months and McGhie,38, was jailed for 62 months. | WYP
11. Christopher Richardson
Drug-addicted father-of-four Christopher Richardson, who spent every penny he had on crack cocaine, has been jailed for 20 months after admitting a string of theft offences. The 40-year-old's theft's included stealing a record player from Menkind at Sheffield’s Meadowhall in March last year, and £140 worth of items from Yankee Candle and Clintons from White Rose Shopping Centre. | WYP
12. Jack Lancaster
Paedophile Jack Lancaster, who has spent more than 10 years downloading abuse images, has been jailed again for a further two years after tried to look at the sickening images even after officers had installed software on his phone to monitor his use. The 29-year-old was previously caught downloading and sharing sickening images in 2015, 2020, 2023 and 2025. | WYP / YEP