Former Leeds teacher Richard Whitaker, of no fixed abode, was jailed for two years after admitting a number of indecent images of children offences, including 19 of the most serious Category A images - as well as making 12 Category B images and 74 Category C images. He was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and sex offender registration requirements for 10 years.placeholder image
Former Leeds teacher Richard Whitaker, of no fixed abode, was jailed for two years after admitting a number of indecent images of children offences, including 19 of the most serious Category A images - as well as making 12 Category B images and 74 Category C images. He was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and sex offender registration requirements for 10 years. | WYP

Seven heartless criminals locked up in Leeds this week including paedophile teacher

Alex Grant
By Alex Grant

Senior Reporter

Published 24th May 2026, 16:30 GMT

The names and the faces of seven criminals jailed in Leeds this week

Here are seven heartless criminals who were sentenced in Leeds this week.

Their crimes include a former Leeds teacher who was jailed after admitting to possessing over 100 indecent images of children.

Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court this week, was a thug with a “propensity for violence,” who knocked out his partner’s tooth, then knocked out her cosmetic tooth in a second attack.

View our gallery below for the full round-up of criminals locked up in Leeds this week...

Thug Kallum Bruines-Larkin, who has a “propensity for violence,” was jailed for 30 months after he knocked out his partner’s tooth during a flurry of punches, then later knocked out her new cosmetic tooth during a second sickening attack. The 20-year-old, of Aysgarth Drive, Wakefield, was also given an indefinite-length restraining order to keep him away from the victim.

7. Kallum Bruines-Larkin

Thug Kallum Bruines-Larkin, who has a “propensity for violence,” was jailed for 30 months after he knocked out his partner’s tooth during a flurry of punches, then later knocked out her new cosmetic tooth during a second sickening attack. The 20-year-old, of Aysgarth Drive, Wakefield, was also given an indefinite-length restraining order to keep him away from the victim. | WYP

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