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...
19. Nadim Hussain
Greedy drug boss Nadim Hussain was found to be in charge of a phone line on which he criticised his dealers for not selling enough. Hussain, of Greenhow Gardens, Burley, accused one dealer of “not grafting” and spending time with a girlfriend rather than plying the evil trade, Leeds Crown Court heard. The judge, Recorder Catherine Silverton, jailed the 26-year-old for 40 months. | WYP / YEP
20. Darren Gibson and Rebecca Kirton
Brother and sister Darren Gibson and Rebecca Kirton who systematically abused young girls they groomed at children’s discos have had their sentences extended after being described as “predators of the worst kind”. Gibson was sentenced to 12 years to run consecutively to his previous 24-year sentence. Kirton had eight years added to her previous 12-year sentence. | WYP
21. Martyn Pridmore
Convicted paedophile Martyn Pridmore has been jailed for three years and six months after he was seen masturbating in a supermarket car park. Police were called after a horrified shopper spotted the 31-year-old in the back seat of his car in Garforth. He was previously jailed for making indecent images of children and sexually assaulting a child under 13. | WYP
22. Sami Rasouli
Creepy bus passenger Sami Rasouli has been jailed for two years after admitting two counts of sexual assault. Leeds Crown Court heard how the Iranian national followed a woman off a bus, groped her and tried to kiss her yards from her home. He was also given a 10-year restraining order to stay away from the woman and was put on the sex offender register for 10 years. | WYP / Adobestock
23. Richard Baldwin
Paedophile Richard Baldwin was described as being a "parent's worst nightmare" after admitting two counts of sexual assault against a six-year-old girl. The 39-year-old twice put his hands into the underwear of the child. One one occasion, she ran away crying. He was jailed for over five years and put on the sex offender register for life. | WYP / Adobe
24. Jack Haytack
Jack Haytack was given three years’ detention in a young offender institution and told he was lucky not be facing murder charges after he stabbed stabbed a male in the neck with a kitchen knife after he was ejected from a party. He denied charges of GBH but was found guilty after a trial at Leeds Crown Court. Haytack, of Birch Green, Pontefract, was 17 at the time of the violent incident. | WYP / YEP