They include a cowardly drunk driver who ran off after fatally crashing into a pedestrian and a street dealer caught with cocaine and heroin between his buttocks after being stopped outside a fish and chip shop.
A Leeds man who threatened to kill and rape the mother of his late child and a man who started a fire in a residential property that led to the death of a 35-year-old were also sentenced.
The summary of the cases to be heard in court this week is in the gallery below:
The summary of the cases to be heard in court this week is in the gallery below:
![Tahir Nazir, 40, of West Park Street, Dewsbury was sentenced to a total of 21 years and nine months for starting a fire which took the life of a man and seriously injured five others.
He was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on Monday for manslaughter for starting the fire at a multi-occupancy residential property on Queen Street, Dewsbury on Sunday, April 10 2022.
The fire took the life of Nicolae Alin Gavrila (35) who was inside the property at the time. Mr Gavrila's mother said in court: “As a result of Nicolae’s death, I feel like I have categorically lost a part of me. I feel like there will always be a part of me missing, and my life will never be the same.”](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE1NzRmMWRiLTQ5ZGYtNDE2OS1iYTQ4LWRhODgzMmExY2FmZjozOWZkYTM1YS04ZGEzLTQ4NjYtYjAyMC1jZjIxMzk2YWU3NGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Tahir Nazir
Tahir Nazir, 40, of West Park Street, Dewsbury was sentenced to a total of 21 years and nine months for starting a fire which took the life of a man and seriously injured five others. He was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on Monday for manslaughter for starting the fire at a multi-occupancy residential property on Queen Street, Dewsbury on Sunday, April 10 2022. The fire took the life of Nicolae Alin Gavrila (35) who was inside the property at the time. Mr Gavrila's mother said in court: “As a result of Nicolae’s death, I feel like I have categorically lost a part of me. I feel like there will always be a part of me missing, and my life will never be the same.” Photo: WYP
![A teenage inmate joined in an attack in Wetherby Young Offender Institute which left the victim “covered in blood”.
Mckenzie Meeson, along with three co-defendants, rained punches on a fellow inmate who had recently moved into their unit in the Leeds juvenile prison.
Meeson, who was 17 at the time but is now 18, was sentenced to eight months at Leeds Crown Court this week. His three co-accused, who cannot be named due to their age, have already been sentenced to eight months in custody by the youth courts.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY4YTJlYjdiLTgyYWItNDI3OS1hMGE3LTRiZWQ5YWQxMGNmYzo3NWJkZTI2ZS05Mzg4LTQzMjEtYWFkNC0yNDAxMzM5MDAyNTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Mckenzie Meeson
A teenage inmate joined in an attack in Wetherby Young Offender Institute which left the victim “covered in blood”. Mckenzie Meeson, along with three co-defendants, rained punches on a fellow inmate who had recently moved into their unit in the Leeds juvenile prison. Meeson, who was 17 at the time but is now 18, was sentenced to eight months at Leeds Crown Court this week. His three co-accused, who cannot be named due to their age, have already been sentenced to eight months in custody by the youth courts. Photo: National World
![A Wakefield paedophile who “showed no remorse” over his horrific child sex offences “deserves to be behind bars”.
Ben Cooper, 33, was sentenced to eight years at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday after he was convicted of the offences, which occurred against a young girl at an address in Castleford in April 2022.
Cooper, of Ken Churchill Drive in Horbury, was arrested following a disclosure by a family member and later charged with two counts of penetration and one count of sexual touching.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIzZTQ5NjAzLTAxNzMtNGEzNi05MTE0LTdiYmMyOGFiODhiMzplZTVkNGIyYi01YzQ0LTRmODktYmU3NC0yYmRjNDM5MzBmNTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Ben Cooper
A Wakefield paedophile who “showed no remorse” over his horrific child sex offences “deserves to be behind bars”. Ben Cooper, 33, was sentenced to eight years at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday after he was convicted of the offences, which occurred against a young girl at an address in Castleford in April 2022. Cooper, of Ken Churchill Drive in Horbury, was arrested following a disclosure by a family member and later charged with two counts of penetration and one count of sexual touching. Photo: West Yorkshire Police