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 -
13. David Crowther
David Crowther, 83, of Oakdale Crescent, Huddersfield, was jailed for 28 months after he was found guilty of inciting a child to commit an act of gross indecency and two indecent assaults against an 11-year-old boy. The predatory teacher abused a boy in his own bedroom after the youngster’s parents invited him to their Leeds home in 1972. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
14. Nicky Nicholls
Nicky Nicholls, 46, was jailed for six years and eight months after admitting two counts of dealing in Class A drugs, production of a Class B drug and possession of criminal property. The dealer rented out two properties on Station Court in Streethouse to grow cannabis and store large amounts of crack cocaine and heroin, but police raided the building on September 27 last year. | West Yorkshire Police/Google/National World
15. Benjamin Barrett
Benjamin Barrett, 27, of no fixed address, was jailed for 30 months after admitting a charge of intentional strangulation. He travelled from London to Leeds to meet a woman, then attacked her in her home during a drinking binge on November 13 last year. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
16. Lee Orrell
Lee Orrell, 37, of Cornbrook, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, was jailed for four years after admitting two counts of Section 20 GBH without intent, multiple incidents of intentional strangulation and coercive control. The court heard that the thug left his girlfriend “a shadow of her former self” after putting her through an ordeal of “degradation and humiliation”, hitting her, strangling her and even stabbing her on one occasion. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
17. Mathew Frary
Mathew Frary, 42, of no fixed address, was jailed for nine months after admitting failing to comply with the sex offender register, assault of an emergency worker and refusing to provide a sample for a drugs test. The convicted paedophile, who was arrested for breaching the terms of the sex offender register, then tried to attack an officer at Elland Road Police Station. | West Yorkshire Police
18. Anthony Jarrett
Anthony Jarrett, 47, of Nowell Mount, Harehills, was jailed for 12 months after admitting three offences of fraud by false representation. The grandad, with a long history as a con artist, was caught ripping off three elderly people in Seacroft to feed his drugs habit. He cold-called about their guttering, before taking deposits and failing to do the work. | West Yorkshire Police/National World