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 -
31. Mark Smithurst
Mark Smithurst, 58, of no fixed address, was jailed for six months after admitting a breach of the terms of the sex offender register. Smithurst, who had been sleeping on the streets, was given a suspended sentence in January for indecent exposure and ordered to keep the authorities notified of his whereabouts, but failed to attend the police station to sign on the sex offender register. | National World
32. Mason Ireland
Mason Ireland, 19, an inmate at the Wetherby young offender institute, was handed another 20-month sentence after he admitted a charge of affray and possession of a weapon. The violent teenager attacked another inmate, repeatedly stabbing him to the face with a makeshift knife on January 20. | National World
33. Neil Farrow
Neil Farrow, 58, was jailed for five months after admitting to being unlawfully at large and assault of an emergency worker. The wanted life-serving prisoner was found 60 miles away from an open jail in North Yorkshire after escaping, then claimed he fled because he wanted to be “banged up” in a Category C lower-security prison, so ran off to Beeston in Leeds in protest. | Google/West Yorkshire Police
34. Taqi Mohammed
Taqi Mohammed, 26, of Stratford Street, Beeston, was jailed for 12 months after admitting three counts of downloading indecent images, from category A - the most serious - to categories B and C. The paedophile, who had previously been given a chance by the courts began downloading sick abuse images just weeks later. | National World
35. Christopher Hartley
Christopher Hartley, 36, an inmate at HMP Garth in Lancashire, was handed an extended eight-year sentence that will run consecutively to his existing sentence after attacking a fellow prisoner with a chair leg while in HMP Wakefield. | Google/National World
36. Robert Sheridan
Robert Sheridan, 47, of Ringwood Way, Hemsworth, was jailed for 10 months after admitting to attempting sexual communication with a child. The convicted paedophile had contact with a supposed 14-year-old girl in an online chat room in November of last year, but the profile was run by an undercover officer. Sheridan turned the chat sexual and asked her if she wanted “phone fun”. | National World