Here are 13 wretched criminals who were sentenced in Leeds this week.
Their crimes include a violent thug who made increasingly sickening threats towards his ex partner, including to stab her, set fire to her house and to hurt her family.
Also sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week, was an off-duty pub doorman who fatally punched a drunken man after a night out.
View our gallery below for the full round-up of criminals sentenced in Leeds this week...
7. Paul Jones
Persistent nuisance Paul Jones has been jailed for 14 months and given a new five-year restraining order after he persistently ignored court orders to keep him away from his mother. Jones, who has 27 previous convictions for 66 offences dating back as far as 1985, has spent years harassing the 87-year-old and even convinced her that his latest restraining order had been lifted, which was a lie. | WYP
8. Jordan Stewart
Drug-addled thug Jordan Stewart was sentenced to two years and 14 days in prison after strangling his partner and smashing up her bedroom following an argument at her home in Leeds. In what was described to the court as an “impulsive, yet persistent” attack, the 30-year-old smashed up the woman’s bedroom, damaging her TV and taking a pair of scissors to her wardrobe door, before turning his anger towards her. | WYP/YEP
9. Nathan Cooper
Drunken thug Nathan Cooper downed a bottle of vodka as a flight waited to take off from Leeds Bradford Airport, before scrapping with another passenger and then with arriving police. The 44-year-old bricklayer admitted charges of affray and being drunk on an aircraft during a sentencing hearing and jailed for 15-months. He has also been banned from Jet2 for life. | WYP / YEP
10. Kasim Hussain
Thug Kasim Hussain was jailed for six years for his part in a vicious targeted street attack near Wakefield city centre in which the victim was beaten with weapons and and the tip of a knife blade was snapped and left lodged in his skull. The court heard that the victim had been made aware that there were threats being made against him in a group chat and was later confronted by four males, including Hussain. | WYP / Google Maps
11. Luke Townend
Convicted paedophile Luke Townend has had 10-months added to his jail sentence after he was caught downloading Snapchat on his phone, despite being under a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) that prevents him using social media. It formed part of a three-year jail sentence for sexual communications with a boy last year. He was also caught having sexual communications with a child in 2021. | WYP / PA
12. Joseph McHugh
Drunken thug Joseph McHugh was handed an eight-year extended jail sentence after he repeatedly kicked his partner on the floor with steel toe-cap boots as she begged him to stop. The 34-year-old also bit her to the nose, leaving her needing stitches. The couple had been in a relationship for around 12 years, but McHugh had become increasingly alcohol dependant and prone to violent outbursts. | WYP / Shutterstock