From a thug who attacked a prison officer at HMP Wakefield to a dangerous teenager who tried to rape a girl on the steps of Leeds’ Corn Exchange as horrified members of the public tried to intervene, these offenders have all been brought to justice.
Also in the headlines this month was a pervert monk who used his position at a famous Catholic boarding school to groom and sexually abuse a boy more than 30 years ago.
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After another long month of sentencings at Leeds Crown Court, here are 28 of the criminals who appeared before judges -
13. Daniel Cromack
Daniel Cromack, 33, of William Street, Wakefield, was jailed for six years after admitting 14 offences in total, including arranging the commission of a child sex offence, possessing indecent images, with to comply with the sex offender register, breaching his SHPO and distributing images of children. The predatory paedophile arranged for a schoolgirl to travel from Wales and then went to Ann Summers to buy sex toys for their proposed tryst. | West Yorkshire Police
14. Damian Fawcett
Damian Fawcett, 26, of Lock Lane, Castleford, was jailed for four years after admitting charges of robbery, attempted robbery and two of possessing a knife. The thug forced a man he knew had learning difficulties to hand over money at a cashpoint while showing him he had a knife in his trousers. | West Yorkshire Police
15. Claudiu Stefan Cristea
Claudiu Stefan Cristea, 47, from the Midlands, was jailed for more than five years after he joined an online chat supporting plans for a terrorist attack in Leeds. He was found guilty by a jury of possessing a terrorist document following a week-long trial at Leicester Crown Court. | Counter Terrorism Policing North East
16. James Deakin
James Deakin, 40, of Calverley Lane, Pudsey, was jailed for 30 months after admitting charges of ABH, criminal damage, harassment, making threats to damage property, dangerous driving, driving while banned and without insurance. The drug-taking thug attacked his own 79-year-old father in his home and then made sickening threats to his former partner. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
17. Philip Stoneley
Philip Stoneley, 48, of West Street, Hemsworth, was jailed for three years after breaching his sexual harm prevention order for the fifth time. He was given the order in 2015 after he tried to convince teenagers online to send him explicit photos. In the years since, he has continued to trawl the web looking for images of youngsters. | West Yorkshire Police/Adobe
18. Aaron Banks
Aaron Banks, 34, of Middleton Road, Belle Isle, was jailed for 14 months after admitting dangerous driving, driving while banned, having no insurance and possession of a Class A drug and a Class B drug. The driver tried to outrun armed police who swarmed around him after a witness dialled 999 when they saw a gun being handed over in public. | West Yorkshire Police/Google/National World