Here are nine criminals who were sentenced in Leeds this week.
Their crimes include a thug who stabbed a stricken man up to 14 times during a dispute over drugs after attending Leeds West Indian Carnival together.
Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court this week, was a drug dealer who took over a couple’s Wakefield home and threatened them with violence.
View our gallery below for the full round-up of criminals locked up in Leeds this week...
1. Frederick Arthur
Frederick Arthur was jailed for 32-months after he stabbed a stricken man up to 14 times during a dispute over drugs has been jailed, just hours after they attended the Leeds West Indian Carnival together. Arthur, of Darfield Avenue, Harehills, was found guilty after a trial of GBH without intent. He claimed he could not remember the reason the pair had "fell out." | WYP
2. Kamar Karim
Kamar Karim was jailed for 18 months and handed a lifelong restraining order after his ex told a court she “genuinely believes man will kill her”, after he refused to follow a court order to keep away. Karim, of Meadow View, Hyde Park,has a history of violence, and rang the woman up to 20 times a day, despite being subject to a non-molestation order. | WYP / Adobe
3. James Davy
Tearful cocaine addict James Davy thanked Judge Christopher Batty after he suspended his 16 months jail sentence for two years. Davy, of Birch Avenue, Halton, pleaded guilty to charges of ABH and strangulation after he pinned a woman down by the neck and made threats that he would “put a knife through her” while high. The 39-year-old must also complete a violence-awareness course and a nine-month drug-rehabilitation requirement. | YEP
4. Lewis Morley
Lewis Morley, of no fixed address, was given a 12-month sentence, suspended for 18 months after a sustained assault on a woman in a shop in which he wore a balaclava and punched her multiple times. Judge Christopher Batty admitted he was “hamstrung” by the sentencing guidelines for assault and criticised the CPS for only charging the 26-year-old with battery. “It's not good enough. I want a written explanation from the CPS,” he told the court. | Getty / YEP
5. Edward Swanson
Known burglar Edward Swanson was jailed for 29 months under the "three-strike rule" that stipulates criminals who commit three or more burglaries must serve an immediate prison sentence. Leeds Crown Court heard how the 43-year-old, who has more than 140 criminal offences to his name, broke into a home in Castleford before returning to Leeds and tried to use a stolen bank card in a petrol station. | WYP / YEP
6. Liam Chadwick
"Disgraceful" thug Liam Chadwick was jailed for 22 months and handed a 10-year restraining order to keep him away from a woman, who the court heard he repeatedly punched and kicked in an unprovoked assault in Leeds, before grabbing her by the throat until she almost fell unconscious. The 25-year-old, of The Keep, Kingston Upon Thames, London, admitted ABH, strangulation and stalking. | WYP / YEP