Here are eight criminals who were sentenced in Leeds this week.
Their crimes include a man who pleaded guilty to murdering 21-year-old Courtney Angus, before going on a knife-wielding rampage through Dewsbury town centre.
Also sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week, was a drug dealer suspected of flushing his stash down the toilet as officers tried to force their way into his house.
View our gallery below for the full round-up of criminals sentenced in Leeds this week...
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1. Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty received a life sentence with a minimum term of 33 years after pleading guilty to murdering 21-year-old Courtney Angus. The 38-year-old, of Norfolk Street in Batley, confessed to the killing after being arrested following a knife-wielding rampage in Dewsbury town centre. A forensic post-mortem found Courtney Angus also had injuries indicative of a serious sexual assault. | WYP
2. Brendan King
Jealous Brendan King, who has previous convictions for domestic violence, was jailed for 16 months after he attacked his girlfriend then hit a man with a bottle when he tried to intervene. The 49-year-old, of Woodbridge Garth, Headingley, turned violent after an argument broke out between them during a drinking session. He admitted ABH and common assault. | YEP
3. Ashley Giles
“Prolific and long-established” burglar Ashley Giles came face to face with a woman as he tried to sneakily enter her home, he left, but was arrested after breaking into a another property three days later. The drug addict, of Flaxton Street, Beeston, avoided a minimum three-year mandatory sentence, but was still jailed for 24-months. He has 17 previous burglaries on his criminal record. | WYP / YEP
4. Jayden Webster and Mark Charlotte
Jayden Webster and Mark Charlotte received 16-month and five-month sentences respectively, both suspended for two years, after they agreed to meet on Foundry Mill Street in Seacroft to sort their differences over a love rival. Charlotte, 42, turned up armed with a knife, but 23-year-old Webster brought along a realistic-looking BB pistol and wearing a balaclava, he lifted up the gun twice and tried to fire, but the weapon jammed. | Google Maps / YEP
5. Jamal Da Costa Denny
Desperate drug dealer Jamal Da Costa Denny was handed a 26-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, after travelled up from the Midlands for Leeds Festival, but was caught selling MDMA, ketamine and diazepam. The 26-year-old, of Woodfield Road, Pinxton, said he wanted to make money after being sacked from his job at a Wetherspoon’s pub. | YEP
6. Jack Barratt
Child rapist Jack Barratt was jailed for 30-months after failing to tell police where he was living and using a phone that hid his internet history. The 20-year-old, previously of Seacrfot, had been initially jailed in 2024 but freed on appeal and handed a three-year community order instead, after his victim had told him she was 16 when she was in fact 12. | WYP