These are the names and faces of nine violent criminals locked up in Leeds this week.
Their crimes include jealous thug who glassed his long-term partner in a fit of rage while she was sat at the bar of a social club
Also sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this week, was a paedophile convicted of 14 counts of rape after a safeguarding investigation.
View our gallery below for the full round-up of criminals sentenced in Leeds this week...
1. John Pinner
Jealous thug John Pinner has been jailed for 28-months and given an indefinite length restraining order to keep away from her after he grabbed her by the hair and slammed her head into the bar at Tinshill & Cookridge Social Club without warning. The 62-year-old then picked up the glass and raised it before bringing it down on the top of her head. She required seven stitches to a “horseshoe-shaped” cut to her head. | WYP
2. Dean Smith
Prolific shoplifter Dean Smith has been jailed for 50 weeks and made the subject of a five year made Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) banning him from Morley town centre after he pleaded guilty to more than 20 theft from shop offences. On top of this, the 44-year-old, of no fixed abode, is banned from entering any Boots, Farm Foods or B&M stores in the Leeds Metropolitan district. | WYP
3. Christopher Wilkinson
Predatory paedophile Christopher Wilkinson was jailed for 18 months this week for a catalogue of offences spanning almost a quarter of a century and involving five victims. The 60-year-old was told by the judge that he continues to blame drink and drugs for his behaviour, and “minimises” his own sexual interest in children. He was put on the sex offender register for 10 years and given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order (SHPO). | WYP / Adobestock
4. Ellis Thornton
Ellis Thornton, who sparked an international manhunt after firing four shots at a house in Halifax, has been jailed for eight years and three months after he pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and possession of ammunition without a certificate. The 26-year-old, of no fixed abode in Leeds, initially fled the UK in January 2023, but was arrested for an unrelated incident in the United States. | WYP
5. Shahed Miah
Show-off drug dealer Shahed Miah was jailed for four years and given a 42-month driving ban after he filmed himself driving a BMW at 90mph. The 27-year-old, who has previous convictions for drugs and driving, was found to be peddling cocaine and ketamine after officers finally caught up with him. Bags of cocaine worth £320 were also found at his address, along with £1,180 cash. | WYP / YEP
6. Anthony Jackson
Ageing predator Anthony Jackson who snatched a woman in a late-night bar, led her away and forced her into a taxi has been jailed for four years. The 58-year-old only ran off when the cab driver became suspicious and rang the police minutes after driving them away from Wakefield city centre. Judge Simon Batiste said there was no evidence that her drink had been spiked, so had to sentence him on the basis that she had not been. | WYP / Shutterstock