Homeless predator Darlington Asante, 27, pretended to be a Good Samaritan and help a drunk woman after he saw her fall over in the street, but preyed on her vulnerability before carrying her back to his makeshift shelter on Recreation Place and raping her. Judge Mairs gave him a nine-year custodial sentence, with a three-year extended licence period, making a 12-year sentence. He was put on the sex offender register for life.placeholder image
Homeless predator Darlington Asante, 27, pretended to be a Good Samaritan and help a drunk woman after he saw her fall over in the street, but preyed on her vulnerability before carrying her back to his makeshift shelter on Recreation Place and raping her. Judge Mairs gave him a nine-year custodial sentence, with a three-year extended licence period, making a 12-year sentence. He was put on the sex offender register for life. | WYP / Adobestock

12 deplorable criminals locked up in Leeds last week including homeless sex predator

Here are 12 deplorable criminals who were locked up in Leeds last week.

Their crimes include a homeless sex predator who preyed on a drunk woman before carrying her back to his makeshift shelter to rape her.

Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court this week, was a gang of masked robbers who burst into a Morrisons convenience store in Pudsey and threatened a terrified worker with a knife.

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

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