Their crimes include firing a gun at a property in Wakefield in order to frighten a family, and repeatedly punching a police officer while naked and high on drugs.
Also jailed this week were criminals in five separate dangerous driving cases.
Here’s the full court round-up, with 13 of the criminals who were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week -
7. Bogdan Ungurasu
Bogdan Ungurasu, 36, of Claremont Terrace, Armley, was jailed for 30 months after admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving. The drunken driver smashed head-on into a mother and daughter’s car in Wortley as he went to buy more alcohol on April 2 last year, then tried to flee the scene. | West Yorkshire Police/National World/Google
8. Christopher Baulk
Christopher Baulk, 35, of Regent Street, Hemsworth, was jailed for 30 months after admitting two counts of handling stolen goods. A police helicopter was needed to keep pace with a stolen car that Baulk was in while it reached eye-watering speeds in built-up areas in Hemsworth in December 2021. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
9. Taghan Bal
Taghan Bal, 19, was jailed after admitting causing serious injury through dangerous driving, fraudulently using a false registration plate, and making off without payment. The petrol thief tried to flee the Esso garage on Castleford Road, Normanton, in October last year - and callously ran over a worker who tried to stop him, leaving him with life-long brain damage. | West Yorkshire Police/Google
10. Luke Lockwood
Luke Lockwood, 21, of Rington Road, Beeston, was jailed for four years and eight months after admitting Section 20 GBH without intent, and dealing in heroin and crack cocaine. The court heard that the thug was naked and high on drugs when he repeatedly punched a police officer who tried to arrest him on January 31 after cops were called to his home following reports he was arguing with his partner in the garden. | West Yorkshire Police/Google
11. Joshua Carrington
Joshua Carrington, 32, of Fairfield Terrace, Bramley, was jailed for 28 months after he admitted causing serious injury through dangerous driving. The court heard how he had no insurance when he knocked down a pensioner during a police chase as she crossed the road in Harehills on June 3 last year. | West Yorkshire Police/Google
12. Marvelous Adekunle
Marvelous Adekunle, 28, of Princegate House, Young Street, Doncaster, was jailed for 28 months after admitting a charge of causing serious injury through dangerous driving. The court heard that he tried to overtake under a railway bridge along Doncaster Road towards North Elmsall on April 7 last year - and smashed head-on into an oncoming car. | West Yorkshire Police/Google