Here are 40 reprehensible criminals who were locked up in Leeds during June 2026.
Their crimes include a young man who lashed out and killed 19-year-old Harry Abbott after being ambushed by a masked machete-wielding gang.
Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court during June 2026, was an off-duty pub doorman who fatally punched a drunken man after a night out, and a sexual predator who systematically abused three young girls.
Here are the names and faces of 40 criminals who were locked up by judges last month...
25. Connor Boylan
Connor Boylan was jailed for four years this week after police found more than half a kilogramme of cocaine worth up to £14,000 at his home in Swarcliffe. The court heard officers had gone to the property on Stanks Drive looking to trace a wanted man, they did did not find the man in question. However, they noticed a set of digital scales covered in a white powder residue, plus a large quantity of dealer bags in a cupboard. | WYP / YEP
26. Ashley Wilson
Ashley Wilson was jailed for 30 months and given a life-long restraining order to keep him away from his ex after he admitted charges of ABH and strangulation. The court heard how after a night socialising in February of this year, they had been driving home when Wilson, who was behind the wheel, grabbed her by the back of the neck and squeezed tightly. | WYP / YEP
27. Dylan Maxwell
Off-duty pub doorman Dylan Maxwell was jailed for 13 years and 10 months at Leeds Crown Court this week after he "bounced like a boxer" and repeatedly punched 25-year-old Luke Thompson, causing fatal head injuries. A jury found Maxwell, of Wood View Avenue, Castleford, guilty of manslaughter by a unanimous verdict after a five-day trial in May, rejecting the claim he was pre-empting an attack and hit out first in self-defence. | WYP
28. Kyle Davison
Homeless Kyle Davison received a 15-month suspended sentence in April for burglary, but then targeted a Diallo Westgate convenience store in Wakefield and a Costa coffee less than two weeks later and told the arresting officers that he wanted to be jailed. The 26-year-old stole items worth a total value of £49. The repair cost to the glass door was £300. He was jailed for a total of 23 months. | WYP / Google Maps
29. Wright and Martin
Shevonne Wright and Jeanette Martin were both jailed for six years and two months, plus life-long restraining orders, after admitting offences of robbery, having stolen the woman’s bank card and then emptied her account at a nearby ATM. The victim, was beat up and assaulted in a terrifying ordeal that lasted more than seven hours - she was strangled with electrical cable with such force that at one point passed out. | WYP
30. Paul Jones
Persistent nuisance Paul Jones has been jailed for 14 months and given a new five-year restraining order after he persistently ignored court orders to keep him away from his mother. Jones, who has 27 previous convictions for 66 offences dating back as far as 1985, has spent years harassing the 87-year-old and even convinced her that his latest restraining order had been lifted, which was a lie. | WYP