Here are 27 heinous criminals who were locked up in Leeds during May 2026.
Their crimes include a drug-dealing gunman who shot an innocent bystander during a drive-by attack outside a petrol in Wakefield.
Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court during May 2026, was a vile paedophile who paid for videos of children, as young as five, from the Philippines to be horrifically abused.
Here are the names and faces of 27 criminals who were locked up by judges last month...
13. Michael Maloney
18-year-old Michael Maloney, who caught selling deadly Class A drugs before being caught again while on bail, was jailed for 37-months after admitting a string of offences, including supplying drugs and dangerous driving after he tried to flee police while hurling substances out of the window. Maloney, of no fixed address, was also given a driving ban of more than 42 months. | WYP / YEP
14. Keith Whitaker
Convicted rapist Keith Whitaker was given a 13-year sentence this week following a trial at Leeds Crown Court in October. He was found guilty of attacking a woman while she was “incapacitated”. The 41-year-old, of Monkswood Hill, Seacroft, was also put on the sex offender register for life. The brave woman said Whitaker’s actions had a “profound and lasting impact” on her. | WYP
15. Omarie Adams
Predatory paedophile Omarie Adams enticed a 13-year-old schoolgirl into his car in broad daylight, despite her being fearful. He drove her to premises in Leeds where he sexually abused her for a period of two hours. The 34-year-old, of Second Avenue, Armley, was handed a 13-year custodial sentence with a seven-year extended licence period and put on the sex offender register for life. | WYP
16. Kian Cooper
Kian Cooper was described as acting like an “old-style Western gunslinger” which prompted an armed police response. The 26-year-old, who received a 32-week suspended sentence for aggravated vehicle taking and going equipped in October, had the sentence activated. Cooper, of no fixed abode, was jailed for 32-months in 2023 for unlawful wounding at Xscape in Castleford. | WYP / YEP / Google Maps
17. Richard Whitaker
Former Leeds teacher Richard Whitaker, of no fixed abode, was jailed for two years after admitting a number of indecent images of children offences, including 19 of the most serious Category A images - as well as making 12 Category B images and 74 Category C images. He was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and sex offender registration requirements for 10 years. | Local Library
18. Jamie Frosdick
Jamie Frosdick, who attacked a police officer like a "wild dog," was sentenced to two years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm. The 32-year-old, of Kentmere Gardens, Seacroft, attacked the officer who tried to detain him after he fled the scene of a driving offence. He was heard saying “I hope you never walk again.” | WYP/YEP