Their crimes include stealing more than £100,000 worth of power tools, and a shocking robbery that saw the culprit speed off in the victim’s Mini Cooper as she clung to the bonnet.
Also sentenced this week was a known burglar who broke into several homes in Bramley - and is now planning legal action because he was bitten by a police dog during the arrest.
Here’s the full court round-up, with eight of the criminals who were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week -

7. Sidney Amador Almeida Fernandes
Sidney Amador Almeida Fernandes, 21, of Cornmill View, Horsforth, was jailed for three years after admitting a charge of possession of a bladed article in a public place. The masked thug brandished a machete on February 17 in Beeston, triggering an armed police response. | West Yorkshire Police/National World/Google

8. Thomas Poskitt
Thomas Poskitt, 27, was jailed for three years after admitting two dwelling burglaries, theft of the car and one attempted dwelling burglary. The known burglar was bitten by a police dog after breaking into several homes in Bramley in October last year - and is now planning legal action as a result, the court heard. | West Yorkshire Police/National World


