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...
19. Daniel Fryer
Repeat offender Daniel Fryer, 27, was sentenced to 18 months behind bars after he was caught driving a stolen £80,000 BMW X5 - just 11 hours after it was taken from a man’s driveway in Wakefield. Fryer has a lengthy sheet of 13 convictions from 34 offences and was on license at the time of the event. Inside the vehicle at the time of the burglary was a number of items with “substantial value." | WYP
20. Aaron Buck
Twisted child rapist Aaron Buck was told the psychological harm he had caused to his toddler victim will be “permanent”. Leeds Crown Court how the 34-year-old would force his victim to play the “willy game”, in which he abused the youngster and coerced him into sexual acts. Buck was handed a 16-year jail sentence, given a lifelong sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and put on the sex offender register for life. | WYP
21. Maciek Wolak
Heavy cannabis user Maciek Wolak, who was caught with thousands of pounds worth of plants at his home, was arrested five months later with a new set up. The 34-year-old Polish national had more than £51,000 worth of the drug across the two sites and admitted two counts of producing the drug. He was jailed for three years. | WYP / YEP
22. Dale Day
A man was left with a fractured spine after angry thug Dale Day, 28, turned on him near Garforth railway station. The man tried to intervene when Dale Day was damaging fences on Aberford Road. Day kicked and punched the man repeatedly, before trying to push him into oncoming traffic, Leeds Crown Court heard. He was jailed for 30 months. | WYP
23. Lauren Wilson-Brooke
Lauren Wilson-Brooke was jailed for four years after she attacked a deaf man on a mobility scooter, slashing him with a knife as she tried to rob him. The 29-year-old pulled out a knife and told the man to hand over his money. He refused and stood up to protect himself as she attacked him, stabbing him in the leg and slashing the seat of his vehicle. She was found guilty of robbery and possession of a knife in public. | WYP
24. Alan Wood
Sick Alan Wood, 60, abused six children, mainly boys, from around 1980 to 2010, enticing them to his home with toys and video games. He would then bribe them into performing degrading sex acts and would even torture them via electrocution for sexual gratification. He was jailed for 27 years and put on the sex offender register for life. | WYP / Adobe