Paedophile Scott Sherwood was convicted of seven counts of sexual assault of a child, one of sexual activity with a child and one of causing child to engage in sexual activity - the victims were as young as nine. Judge Mairs jailed him for nine-and-a-half years in total, put him on the sex offender register for life and gave him a lifelong sexual harm prevention order (SHPO).placeholder image
Paedophile Scott Sherwood was convicted of seven counts of sexual assault of a child, one of sexual activity with a child and one of causing child to engage in sexual activity - the victims were as young as nine. Judge Mairs jailed him for nine-and-a-half years in total, put him on the sex offender register for life and gave him a lifelong sexual harm prevention order (SHPO). | WYP

Eight reprehensible criminals locked up in Leeds this week including four paedophiles

Alex Grant
By Alex Grant

Senior Reporter

Published 8th Mar 2026, 16:30 GMT

Here are eight reprehensible criminals who were locked up in Leeds this week.

Their crimes include an entrenched paedophile who abused four boys to “devastating” effect.

Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court this week, was a woman who claimed she had terminal cancer to get a lighter sentence after she took part in a violent house robbery.

View our gallery below for the full round-up of criminals locked up in Leeds this week...

Frankie Allwork was jailed for a minimum of eight years after pleading guilty to multiple counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child. The 27-year-old was convicted following an investigation by detectives from the Child Vulnerability Exploitation Team (CVET) into offences which occurred over several months at Allwork’s address in Kentmere Avenue in Seacroft.

7. Frankie Allwork

Frankie Allwork was jailed for a minimum of eight years after pleading guilty to multiple counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child. The 27-year-old was convicted following an investigation by detectives from the Child Vulnerability Exploitation Team (CVET) into offences which occurred over several months at Allwork’s address in Kentmere Avenue in Seacroft. | WYP

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Kyle Whitelaw was jailed for six years and put on the sex offender register for the rest of his life after being found guilty of raping a woman in her own bed as she slept after a night out. The 32-year-old was told by Judger Robin Mairs that his actions were “fuelled by cocaine and sexual entitlement”, even after the woman spurned his advances and tried to fight him off.

8. Kyle Whitelaw

Kyle Whitelaw was jailed for six years and put on the sex offender register for the rest of his life after being found guilty of raping a woman in her own bed as she slept after a night out. The 32-year-old was told by Judger Robin Mairs that his actions were “fuelled by cocaine and sexual entitlement”, even after the woman spurned his advances and tried to fight him off. | WYP / YEP

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