Here are the names and faces of 48 criminals who were locked up in Leeds during August 2026.
Their crimes include a drug addict who was found guilty of murdering his friend in a tower-block bloodbath before dumping his body in the street.
Also sentenced at Leeds Crown Court last month, were four men who dumped their friend's lifeless body on the pavement after a botched revenge attack, and a predatory paedophile who called himself “Epstein”.
View our gallery below for the full round-up of criminals who were locked up in Leeds during August 2026...
37. Sadhiul Haque
Drug dealer Sadhiul Haque, who ran a drugs line supplying crack cocaine and heroin in Leeds has been jailed for four and a half years. Enquiries by officers from the Operation Phoenix team linked the 28-year-old to an active drugs line, which was shown to have sent out thousands of bulk text messages advertising crack cocaine and heroin for sale, mainly into the Pudsey area. | WYP
38. Shane Earp
Drug addict Shane Earp "could have killed" a family after he started a fire in the back garden of a home, while high on spice and crack cocaine, as the occupants slept. The 33-year-old, who is already serving sentences totalling 45 months for burglary, admitted a charge of of arson reckless as to whether life was endangered. He was jailed for three years, which will run consecutively to existing sentences. | WYP / Google Maps / SWNS
39. James Oldfield
Drunken James Oldfield was already banned from driving when he repeatedly smashed into police cars to get away during a motorway chase on the M62 in West Yorkshire in which he reached 120mph. Judge Simon Phillips KC, who jailed him for a total of 40 months and handed him a new 56-month driving ban, said it was a “matter of fortune” that Oldfield did not kill himself or others. | WYP / YEP
40. Tinashe Mkuhlani
Pervert Tinashe Mkuhlani was jailed for three-and-a-half years after he sexually assaulted a woman in his car at Roundhay Park after driving her to a secluded spot. Mkuhlani, who was also convicted of stalking an ex partner and making her life a misery, was given an indefinite-length restraining order against both victims and put on the sex offender register for 10 years. | WYP
41. James Reynolds and Damien Lee
Bungling burglars James Reynolds and Damien Lee admitted two counts of burglary and two of theft of motor vehicles after the cars they stole were easily found as they were fitted with GPs trackers. Lee was sentenced to three years in prison, while Reynolds, who also admitted counts of dealing in Class A and B drugs and criminal damage, was sentenced to seven years and three months. | WYP
42. Gabriel Levy
Angry Wakefield man Gabriel Levy rang two mosques in Manchester just minutes apart and made threats to kill its workers and worshippers. The 21-year-old, who is Jewish, made the calls just two days after a fatal attack on a synagogue in Manchester left three people dead and others left seriously injured. He admitted two counts of making threats to kill and was jailed for 28 months. | WYP