Twisted Nathaniel Holt, 26, was handed a five and eight months sentence after being found to have thousands of images and videos stored, some of which were of him sexually touching young pupils whom he taught at a primary school in Leeds. Judge Geoffrey Marson KC told Holt he was "every parent’s worst nightmare.”placeholder image
Twisted Nathaniel Holt, 26, was handed a five and eight months sentence after being found to have thousands of images and videos stored, some of which were of him sexually touching young pupils whom he taught at a primary school in Leeds. Judge Geoffrey Marson KC told Holt he was "every parent’s worst nightmare.” | WYP

16 dangerous criminals locked up in Leeds this week including paedophile teacher

Alex Grant
By Alex Grant

Senior Reporter

Published 30th Nov 2025, 16:30 GMT

Here are 16 dangerous criminals who were locked up in Leeds this week.

Their crimes include an evil teacher who filmed and sexually abused young girls at a Leeds primary school.

Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court this week, was a trio of drug addicted robbers who forced their way into a Pontefract home armed with a knife, a pair of scissors and a kettle.

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

Drug addicts Lee Wass, 35, James Greenway, 34, and Ricky Stewart, 28, were jailed after a father and son in Pontefract were left “fearing for their life” after the armed trio kicked down the front door armed with a knife, scissors and a kettle. Wass was sentenced to 10 years for two separate robberies, while Greenway and Stewart received six years and nine months and six years.

7. Lee Wass, James Greenway, Ricky Stewart

Drug addicts Lee Wass, 35, James Greenway, 34, and Ricky Stewart, 28, were jailed after a father and son in Pontefract were left “fearing for their life” after the armed trio kicked down the front door armed with a knife, scissors and a kettle. Wass was sentenced to 10 years for two separate robberies, while Greenway and Stewart received six years and nine months and six years. | WYP

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Career burglar Michael Swanson who began breaking into homes at the age of 15 has been jailed again after targeting 10 homes in a frenzied spree. While he was unable to gain access to most, Swanson was able to steal cars from the driveway of two homes and used stolen bank cards from one break-in to buy goods in Leeds city centre. He was jailed for seven years.

8. Michael Swanson

Career burglar Michael Swanson who began breaking into homes at the age of 15 has been jailed again after targeting 10 homes in a frenzied spree. While he was unable to gain access to most, Swanson was able to steal cars from the driveway of two homes and used stolen bank cards from one break-in to buy goods in Leeds city centre. He was jailed for seven years. | WYP / NW

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24-year-old Chinese national Heyi Quan was handed a lengthy jail sentence of 11 years and four months at Leeds Crown Court this week after imprisoning, beating and raping a girl at the Hilton Hotel in Leeds. He also tried to blackmail the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, into giving him thousands of pounds. He was put on the sex offender register for life.

9. Heyi Quan

24-year-old Chinese national Heyi Quan was handed a lengthy jail sentence of 11 years and four months at Leeds Crown Court this week after imprisoning, beating and raping a girl at the Hilton Hotel in Leeds. He also tried to blackmail the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, into giving him thousands of pounds. He was put on the sex offender register for life. | WYP / Google Maps

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Drug dealing duo Joshua Shand, 35, and Sufiyan Ali, 23, were both jailed at Leeds Crown Court after reaching speeds of 70mph while attempting to flee from police in Leeds. Shand was sentenced to five years and 11 months in jail, and handed a driving ban of seven and half years, with an extended test at the end of it. Ali was sentenced to two years and nine months.

10. Joshua Shand and Sufiyan Ali

Drug dealing duo Joshua Shand, 35, and Sufiyan Ali, 23, were both jailed at Leeds Crown Court after reaching speeds of 70mph while attempting to flee from police in Leeds. Shand was sentenced to five years and 11 months in jail, and handed a driving ban of seven and half years, with an extended test at the end of it. Ali was sentenced to two years and nine months. | WYP

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Corey Furey, 28, filmed himself raping a 22-year-old Leeds student, while on bail for the rape of a child. Videos showed him raping the girl, who was “clearly intoxicated and struggling to stand,” from behind. Judge Clark told Furey he posed a “significant” reoffending risk to the public. He handed him a custodial sentence of seven years, to run consecutively with his existing 11 year sentence for child sex offences.

11. Corey Furey

Corey Furey, 28, filmed himself raping a 22-year-old Leeds student, while on bail for the rape of a child. Videos showed him raping the girl, who was “clearly intoxicated and struggling to stand,” from behind. Judge Clark told Furey he posed a “significant” reoffending risk to the public. He handed him a custodial sentence of seven years, to run consecutively with his existing 11 year sentence for child sex offences. | WYP

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