From a thug who threw his girlfriend down the stairs in a drunken rage to an armed robber who terrified a business owner at knifepoint, these offenders have all been brought to justice.
Also in the headlines this month was a criminal who used a sophisticated method to jam open more than 500 cash machines to steal their contents.
After a long month of sentencings at Leeds Crown Court, here are 27 of the criminals who appeared before judges -
19. Ilkay Aydin
Ilkay Aydin, 20, of Newton Drive, Outwood, was jailed for two years after he was found guilty of two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a child. The court heard that Aydin was 17-years-old when he forced himself on a young girl and told her to keep it to herself. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
20. Gino Clark
Gino Clark, 33, of no fixed address, was jailed for five years and 10 months after admitting causing ABH and possessing an offensive weapon in public after a separate incident. The unscrupulous man, who gave a vulnerable pair the psycho-active drug spice and moved into their home, was found guilty of blackmail. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
21. Adam Beckett
Adam Beckett, 34, of Highfield Mews, Grantham, Lincolnshire, was jailed for 33 months after admitting common assault, strangulation and making threats to kill. The court heard how Beckett made his partner “feel like a prisoner” and tried to smash glass over her head in a drunken outburst. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
22. Ashley Wharton
Ashley Wharton, 32, of All Saints’ Circle, Woodlesford, was jailed for 38 months after he admitted three counts of assault, two of ABH, one of harassment and one of criminal damage. The violent and arrogant thug who repeatedly beat his girlfriend later told her he “owned her” and made threats to blow up her home at Christmas. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
23. Daniel Feeley
Daniel Feeley, 39, of Sissons Road, Middleton, was jailed for 24 months after he tried to steal £141 worth of meat and chocolate from the Co-op store on New York Street in Leeds. A judge said the "ink was barely dry" on a suspended sentence order handed to Feeley for another shop robbery. | West Yorkshire Police/Google
24. Martin Clynes
Martin Clynes, 37, an inpatient at Mill Garth mental-health unit in Meanwood, was jailed for eight months after he admitted a charge ABH. On December 18 last year, an 82-year-old victim was kicked in the stomach by Clynes. The victim suffered a TIA (transient ischemic attack) which is often referred to as a “mini stroke”. | Google/Getty