Bernard Joyce, 50, was jailed for six years at Leeds Crown Court last week after being found guilty of abusing two young boys more than 30 years ago. He was charged with a total of 17 offences against both victims, including indecent assaults and gross indecency, and was found guilty of 15 offences following a trial which concluded in May this year.placeholder image
Bernard Joyce, 50, was jailed for six years at Leeds Crown Court last week after being found guilty of abusing two young boys more than 30 years ago. He was charged with a total of 17 offences against both victims, including indecent assaults and gross indecency, and was found guilty of 15 offences following a trial which concluded in May this year. | WYP

The names and faces of nine callous criminals locked up in Leeds including convicted paedophile

Here are nine of the callous criminals who have been locked up in Leeds over the past two weeks.

They include a convicted paedophile, who followed a 13-year-old girl, around an Aldi supermarket in Leeds and a “dangerous sexual predator” found guilty of raping three women in Wakefield.

While last week, saw the sentencing of a man who attacked a stranger on a Christmas night out, which left him requiring life-saving surgery.

Read on below for the full round-up of criminals locked up in Leeds over the past two weeks...

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