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...
25. Ashley Giles
“Prolific and long-established” burglar Ashley Giles came face to face with a woman as he tried to sneakily enter her home, he left, but was arrested after breaking into a another property three days later. The drug addict, of Flaxton Street, Beeston, avoided a minimum three-year mandatory sentence, but was still jailed for 24-months. He has 17 previous burglaries on his criminal record. | WYP / YEP
26. Jack Barratt
Child rapist Jack Barratt was jailed for 30-months after failing to tell police where he was living and using a phone that hid his internet history. The 20-year-old, previously of Seacrfot, had been initially jailed in 2024 but freed on appeal and handed a three-year community order instead, after his victim had told him she was 16 when she was in fact 12. | WYP
27. Bento Chicanha
Drug dealer Bento Chicanha was jailed for 48-months after admitting being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine, and possession of criminal property. The 22-year-old is thought to have got rid of his stash by flushing it down the toilet as officers tried to force their way into his house on Hardy Terrace in Beeston. | WYP