The criminals sentenced at Leeds Crown Court last week

These are some of the criminals who have been sentenced at Leeds Crown Court over the last seven days.

Each of these cases was covered by your Yorkshire Evening Post. READ MORE: Wanted - 18 people police urgently want to speak to in Leeds

PICS: West Yorkshire Policeplaceholder image
PICS: West Yorkshire Police
A 91-year-old widow awoke to find a burglar asleep beside her after he forced his way into her home. Serial crook Mark Winterburn got in bed beside the elderly woman after a booze and drug binge. Jailed for two years, four months.placeholder image
A 91-year-old widow awoke to find a burglar asleep beside her after he forced his way into her home. Serial crook Mark Winterburn got in bed beside the elderly woman after a booze and drug binge. Jailed for two years, four months.
Kyle Hulme threatened a shopkeeper with a hunting knife in a row over a pint of milk and told him: "I will gut you like a fish." Jailed for eight months after a court heard how he also shouted foul-mouthed racial abuse at victim.placeholder image
Kyle Hulme threatened a shopkeeper with a hunting knife in a row over a pint of milk and told him: "I will gut you like a fish." Jailed for eight months after a court heard how he also shouted foul-mouthed racial abuse at victim.
A mum has been locked up for almost 3 years for smuggling spice hidden inside her bra into Armley jail. Kate Morton was handed the sentence by a judge who described the synthetic drug as the "greatest threat to the prison systemplaceholder image
A mum has been locked up for almost 3 years for smuggling spice hidden inside her bra into Armley jail. Kate Morton was handed the sentence by a judge who described the synthetic drug as the "greatest threat to the prison system
Prolific burglar Joseph Jenkins, who kicked the front door down at a Pontefract house and raided a property in Knottingley, has been jailed for three years.placeholder image
Prolific burglar Joseph Jenkins, who kicked the front door down at a Pontefract house and raided a property in Knottingley, has been jailed for three years.
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