From a hammer killer “animal” who murdered his girlfriend in their flat, to a drug-addicted thief who dragged a hard-working delivery driver to his death, these offenders have all been brought to justice.
Also in the headlines this month was an “extremely dangerous” student nurse who carried a 10kg pressure-cooker bomb to a hospital so he could “kill as many nurses as possible”.
After a long month of sentencings for judges at Leeds Crown Court, here are 59 of the criminals who appeared in the dock -
31. Adam England
Adam England, 43, Scaife Garth, Pocklington, East Yorkshire, was jailed for 24 months after he led police on a high-speed chase through Armley, Hyde Park and Leeds city centre on January 25 last year, then later lied to cops claiming his car had been stolen prior to the pursuit. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
32. Amar Khan
Amar Khan, 33, of Claremont Villas, Great Horton, Bradford, was jailed for three years after admitting two counts of dealing in Class A drugs. The dealer was pulled over in Alwoodley on February 26 and later tried to flush his stash down the toilet at the police station. | West Yorkshire Police/National World/PA
33. David Wright
David Wright, 28, of Parkway Court, Seacroft, was jailed for 22 months after he admitted dealing in Class A drugs. The work-shy drug dealer was previously fortunate not be locked up - but was sent to prison after failing to impress a judge with his lack of effort. Having being given 200 hours of community service, he completed just over 14 hours in the space of six months. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
34. Thomas Poskitt
Thomas Poskitt, 27, was jailed for three years after admitting two dwelling burglaries, theft of the car and one attempted dwelling burglary. The known burglar was bitten by a police dog after breaking into several homes in Bramley in October last year - and is now planning legal action as a result, the court heard. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
35. Dean Biddlecombe
Dean Biddlecombe, 36, of no fixed address, was jailed for 20 months after admitting burglary and attempted burglary. On October 28, a resident on Coupland Road, Beeston, confronted the burglar - and Biddlecombe tried to claim he thought it was his own home. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
36. Kane Allen
Kane Allen, 24, of Kellett Road, Wortley, was jailed for 28 months after admitting three counts of dealing in Class A drugs and possession of criminal property. The dealer told police "it's all mine bruv" when a bag of drugs was found in a car full of people on South Parkway on February 18. | West Yorkshire Police/Google/National World