Fairground worker Ryan Laing was jailed for 56 months, given a lifelong sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and put on the sex offender register for life having admitted sexual activity with a child. The 27-year-old paedophile groomed a child on Snapchat before taking her to a field to have sex with her. Laing was also handed a lifelong restraining order to prevent him contacting the girl.placeholder image
Fairground worker Ryan Laing was jailed for 56 months, given a lifelong sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and put on the sex offender register for life having admitted sexual activity with a child. The 27-year-old paedophile groomed a child on Snapchat before taking her to a field to have sex with her. Laing was also handed a lifelong restraining order to prevent him contacting the girl. | WYP

13 loathsome criminals locked up in Leeds last week including fairground paedophile

Here are 13 criminals who were locked up in Leeds last week.

Their crimes include a fairground worker who groomed a child on Snapchat before taking her to a field to have sex with her.

Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court last week, was a major million-pound Pudsey cannabis factory run by four Vietnamese men.

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

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