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...
31. Rashid Kwabena Boachie
Dangerous sexual predator Rashid Kwabena Boachie has been jailed for 10 years and six months, with a five-year extended licence period and put on the sex offender register for life after he picked up a woman that thought he was her pre-booked taxi and then raped her. The 44-year-old was only caught when his DNA was finally matched for another another sex offence committed four years later. | WYP
32. Clark
Convicted paedophile Philip Clark was given an extended eight-year jail sentence, made up of four years’ jail with a four-year extended licence period after claiming to be a 15-year-old boy, and began making explicit suggestions to a girl aged 14. The 43-year-old was also put on the sex offender register for life, and he was given a new lifelong SHPO. | WYP / Adobe
33. Thomas Collett
Prolific shoplifter Thomas Collett was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to 19 counts of theft from a shop. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a bladed article and assault of an emergency worker. The 29-year-old has been banned from entering any Tesco or Co-op stores in the Leeds Metropolitan area, and from entering The Spring Retail Park. | WYP/Iconic
34. Ladislav Kavur
Failed asylum seeker Ladislav Kavur was jailed for 27 months after a string of break-ins at the rentable Airbnb apartments on The Headrow, opposite Leeds Town Hall. The owner of the apartments found the lock boxes containing the keys had been smashed and the keys taken. He checked and found TVs were missing along with coffee-making machines | WYP / Google Maps
35. Michael Brown
A defenceless man was left with in a heap on the floor, unconscious and with a bleed on the brain after a single punch thrown by Michael Brown in Wakefield city centre. CCTV showed the 36-year-old run across a road to knock the man unconscious, despite the victim raising his hands to suggest he was not looking for trouble. He was jailed for 14 months. | WYP