Their crimes include a fairground worker who groomed a child on Snapchat before taking her to a field to have sex with her, and a vile toddler rapist who was told he had caused “permanent” psychological harm to his three-year-old victim.
Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court during January 2026, was an international footballer found guilty of raping a woman in the toilet of a Leeds flat.
Here are the names and faces of 53 criminals who were locked up by judges last month...
1. Ryan Laing
Fairground worker Ryan Laing was jailed for 56 months, given a lifelong sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and put on the sex offender register for life having admitted sexual activity with a child. The 27-year-old paedophile groomed a child on Snapchat before taking her to a field to have sex with her. Laing was also handed a lifelong restraining order to prevent him contacting the girl. | WYP
2. Neil Wilson
Neil Wilson, who savagely beat his former partner as their children watched on, has been jailed for five years and six months. After the attack, he tried to wash away her blood by putting her in the shower, and later made a threat if she went through with pressing charges. Wilson and the woman had been in a relationship for around seven years, Leeds Crown Court heard. | WYP / YEP
3. Anthony Jarrett
Known conman and drug addict Anthony Jarrett has been jailed again after he tried to convince an 88-year-old woman to hand over £100. He told the elderly woman, who has dementia, that he could carry out brick work on her property. But CCTV fitted in her home by her family allowed police to later arrest the 48-year-old. Judge Alex Menary jailed him for 20 months. | WYP/YEP
4. Stuart Gray
Stuart Gray (pictured) was jailed for 56 months after admitting GBH without intent, ABH and making threats to kill. The 49-year-old attacked his partner on the stairs leaving her with a broken leg, later threatened to burn down her house and slit her throat. He was also given an indefinite-length restraining order to keep him away from his former partner. | WYP / YEP
5. Corey Jenkins
Controlling thug Corey Jenkins has been jailed for 27 months after admitting controlling or coercive behaviour and strangulation. Jenkins spent his girlfriend’s money on drugs and model figures, and tried to blame his autism for his sickening behaviour, expecting the woman “to do everything for him”. He was also given a 10-year restraining order to keep him away from his ex partner. | WYP / YEP
6. Leanne Pearce
Leanne Pearce targeted the home of a vulnerable person in the middle of the night and stole a bank card, before splurging £40 on food in a McDonald’s on Albion Street in Leeds city centre. The 42-year-old has multiple previous convictions and was out of prison on licence at the time. The judge, Recorder Guy Kearl KC, gave her the minimum three-year jail term as a third-strike burglar. | WYP / Google Maps