From a convicted murderer back in court for an attack in jail, to a thug who inflicted a campaign of violence on his girlfriend, these offenders have been brought to justice.
Also among the criminals to be sentenced this month was a paedophile who called himself "teacher" online and told a 12-year-old girl that he wanted sex while she wore a school uniform.
After a very busy month for judges at Leeds Crown Court, here are 40 of the criminals who appeared in the dock -
7. Mark Airay
Mark Airay, 54, of Marston Avenue, Morley. was jailed for 28 months after attempting to sexually communicate with a child, two counts of breaching his SHPO, and failing to comply with the terms of the sex offender register. The convicted paedophile who told a 12-year-old girl that he wanted sex while she wore her school uniform called himself “teacher” online. | West Yorkshire Police/Getty
8. Declan Bickerdike
Convicted murderer Declan Bickerdike, 26, formerly of High Ash Crescent, Alwoodley, was jailed for seven years, which will run concurrently to his existing sentence, after he was found guilty of GBH with intent. He carried out a sickening attack on child rapist Keith Morris in HMP Wakefield, leaving him partially deaf. Bickerdike is already is serving an 18-year sentence. | West Yorkshire Police/Google
9. Lewis Mayne
Lewis Mayne, 20, was jailed for three years and six months after admitting charges of aggravated vehicle taking and non-dwelling burglary. The ram-raider who stole a car and smashed it through a the Station Vape shop in Horsforth on December 29 was recognised after he tried to use a hammer to smash the shop’s CCTV. | West Yorkshire Police
10. Lee Arey
Lee Arey, 32, High Ridge Park, Rothwell, was jailed for 28 months after admitting Section 20 GBH without intent, assault, and an ABH charge. The court was told how the thug dragged his girlfriend from a taxi near Wakefield city centre before kicking and stamping on her face and head after a drunken night out on June 1 last year. | West Yorkshire Police/Google/National World
11. Edward Rogers
Edward Rogers, 20, of Rossefield Terrace, Bramley, was jailed for 30 months after admitting two counts of dealing in Class A drugs. The teenager dealt in deadly heroin and cocaine because the money was “too good to pass up”, a court was told, but was caught in Leeds on June 9, 2022. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
12. Reece Owen
Reece Owen, 22, of Fairfield Avenue, Pontefract, was jailed for three years and 10 months after admitting to a street robbery, two assaults on emergency workers, one common assault on an emergency worker and racially-aggravated harassment. The court heard that Owen threatened to “cut up” his victim after demanding his phone and wallet during a chance meeting in Pontefract on December 9 last year. | West Yorkshire Police/Google