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 -
37. David Wills
David Wills, 50, of no fixed address, was jailed for 30 months after admitting to strangling his partner. The court heard that the victim made a 999 call to police on December 20 last year, telling the operator that Wills was hitting her. She later rang back saying that everything was “fine”, but Wills could be heard in the background instructing her on what to say. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
38. Kieran Smith
Kieran Smith, 31, of Scott Hall Avenue, Chapeltown, was jailed for 24 months after admitting charges of dangerous driving, failing to stop and affray. The court heard how he carried out a brutal assault on a man at a 24-hour shop on Scott Hall Road with his sister Lauren, before climbing into his car and trying to drag him out on January 26. | West Yorkshire Police/Google
39. Joe Jenkins
Joe Jenkins, 28, of Park Avenue, Castleford, was jailed for 10 years and one month after admitting a charge of robbery, possessing a bladed article in public and two counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child from another indictment. The court heard that the relentless thug kicked a man unconscious and continued to kick him while he lay unconscious, before robbing him of a packet of biscuits among other items. | West Yorkshire PoliceGoogle
40. Sidney Amador Almeida Fernandes
Sidney Amador Almeida Fernandes, 21, of Cornmill View, Horsforth, was jailed for three years after admitting a charge of possession of a bladed article in a public place. The masked thug brandished a machete on February 17 in Beeston, triggering an armed police response. | West Yorkshire Police/National World/Google
41. Rachel Hemmingway
Rachel Hemmingway, 25, of Greenlea Avenue, Yeadon, was jailed for 24 months after admitting possession of an imitation firearm to cause fear of violence, two counts of assaults on emergency worker, assault, and possession of a bladed article. She brandished a pellet-firing air pistol and fired it at staff at Ladybeck House homeless charity in Leeds city centre on September 24 last year. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
42. Bryn Perry
Bryn Perry, 20, formerly of Thorpe Road, Middleton, but now of no fixed address, was jailed for 32 months after admitting ABH. The court heard how the thug, who was recently released from custody, savagely beat his ex partner and bit her face after turning up at her home in the middle of the night on December 10 last year. | West Yorkshire Police/National World