Their crimes include using false documents to illegally secure work and a vicious assault in a Leeds pub.
Also jailed this week was the driver who killed cyclist John Shelton after smashing into him at nearly 100mph, before torching his car in a bid to cover his tracks.
Here’s the full court round-up, with 13 of the criminals who were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week -

7. Wendy Ncube
Wendy Ncube, 62, was jailed for 20 months after admitting conspiracy to possess documentation, two counts of possession of false documents and one count of fraud. The court heard that the immigrant grandmother had dodged the authorities for more than two decades - but was caught after using false documents to illegally secure work. | West Yorkshire Police/National World

8. Conrick Stapleton
Conrick Stapleton, 31, of Copper Beach Avenue, Bramley, was jailed for 48 months after admitting two counts of breaching of a restraining order and stalking with fear of violence. The court heard that he stalked and followed his ex partner, as well as bombarding her with calls and messages, refusing to believe their relationship was over. | West Yorkshire Police/National World

9. Anne Kershaw and Nataniel Mroz
Anne Kershaw, 52, and Nataniel Mroz, 18, who both lived at Gamble Hill Grange, were jailed for three years and 28 months respectively after admitting to being responsible for a blaze in the block of flats. They were behind a fire lit outside the front door of a family living in the high-rise in November last year, leaving no escape route. | West Yorkshire Police/Google

10. Anthony McDonald
Anthony McDonald, 29, of Briar Bank, Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, was jailed for more than nine years after he admitted engaging in sexual communication with a child, causing or inciting a child to watch sexual activity and two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a child. The court heard how the paedophile travelled 200 miles to meet an underage girl in Leeds, before having sex with her in the disabled toilets of the Trinity shopping centre. | West Yorkshire Police/National World

11. Bradley Cunningham
Bradley Cunningham, 28, of Willowdale, Middleton, was jailed for five-and-a-half years for a vicious assault and a raft of other offences including selling crack cocaine and brandishing a machete in public. The drug dealer attacked his girlfriend in the Parnaby Tavern after a family funeral following a squabble about a taxi payment. | West Yorkshire Police/Google

12. Brian Henderson
Brian Henderson, 44, of Bawn Drive, Farnley, was given a 26 month sentence after he was found guilty of causing Section 20 GBH without intent. The court heard that the drunken driver attacked a neighbour in an act of “cowardice” after the man complained about his parking at Westdale Gardens in Pudsey in November 2022. | West Yorkshire Police/Google


