Here are 42 nefarious criminals who were locked up in Leeds during April 2026.
Their crimes include a man who murdered his partner in a “ferocious and frenzied” drunken rage after she told him that she would leave him.
Also locked up at Leeds Crown Court during April 2026, was a warped paedophile who used animal puppets to groom a “young girl” then travelled 200 miles from his home to meet her in Leeds, only to be met by a paedophile hunter group.
Here are the names and faces of 42 criminals who were locked up by judges last month...
13. Ammal Dejra
Ammal Dejra has been banned from entering the Wakefield postcode after following and later attacking a woman in her home. The 40-year-old was also jailed for 27 months after admitting to suffocating and sexually assaulting the woman. The victim gave an impact statement in which she said she “continues to be frightened”. | WYP / YEP
14. Daniel Cromack
Paedophile Daniel Cromack, 34, who is already behind bars having been handed an 11-year sentence in 2025 for trying to meet a child, has had it extended by 12 months after he admitted to the sexual assault of a boy, who was under 10. The incident had happened between 2004 and 2006, in which Cromack had pulled the boy’s trousers down twice but was interrupted by an adult. | WYP
15. Jordanne Brearley and Ryan McDonald
Drug addict Jordanne Brearley and her boyfriend Ryan McDonald have been jailed for 14 years between them after they beat, robbed and threatened a man with a knife in his own home in a “terrifying” ploy after Brearley lured him with the promise of sex. She then used McDonald “as muscle” so they could steal more than £1,200 from the victim’s account. | WYP
16. Mark Jones
Weird paedophile Mark Jones was jailed for three years, put on the sex offender register for life and given a life-long sexual harm prevention order after he used animal puppets to help groom a "young girl" then travelled more than 200 miles from his home to Leeds to meet her. The 53-year-old was met by a paedophile hunter group who had lured him with the decoy profile of a youngster. | WYP/PA
17. Jacob Lindo, Nehemiah Elenge and Emanuel Yeboah
Jacob Lindo, Nehemiah Elenge and Emanuel Yeboah were part of a masked gang who terrified party revellers by firing a pistol at an Airbnb property in Seacroft while brandishing machetes. Lindo was given a seven-year custodial sentence, Elenge was given six years and three months custody, with Yeboah received five years and seven months. They were each given a three-year extended licence period. | WYP
18. Andi Mahmudi
Andi Mahmudi was jailed for 27 months at Leeds Crown Court after admitting producing cannabis, illegally extracting electricity and possessing criminal property. The Albanian national tried to evade arrest by hiding under floorboards of a house during a police drugs raid. There were 61 plants in total, capable of producing 6.4kgs of cannabis. | WYP / Google Maps