From ruthless killers to predatory paedophiles, these cases have shocked the city.
In 2024, there were a number of hearings that brought some of the most heinous crimes to light, as judges were told about the lasting scars left on victims.
This gallery covers almost 100 of the most shocking cases that were heard this year, featuring the offenders who will now spend years locked up for their crimes -
31. Luke Adair
Luke Adair, 30, of no fixed address, was jailed for 50 months after admitting to attempted GBH, dangerous driving, driving while banned and without insurance. He was involved in a pub brawl the New Travellers Rest in Cross Gates on May 18, then got behind the wheel and mowed down a crowd of people before ploughing into another car and a wall. | West Yorkshire Police
32. Lee Galvin
Lee Galvin, 42, of St James Drive, was jailed for seven years after admitting a charge of aggravated burglary. He was one of two masked raiders who burst into a home in Morley demanding cash and threatening the occupants with crowbars, before leaving emptyhanded when they realising they had hit the wrong house. | West Yorkshire Police
33. Mark Warcup
Mark Warcup, of Colenson Gardens, Holbeck, was jailed for 51 months after admitting engaging in sexual activity in presence of a child, causing a child to watch a sexual act, two counts of sexual assault of child under, two of causing/inciting child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and two of possessing indecent images of children. He abused two boys in 2020. | West Yorkshire Police
34. Pablo Hernandez
Pablo Hernandez, 22, of Tall Trees, Moortown, was jailed for seven years after admitting to Section 18 wounding with intent, two counts of Section 47 assault, theft of a vehicle, possession of a bladed article, dangerous driving, attempted robbery, two counts of criminal damage, and a non-dwelling burglary. He stabbed a taxi driver and stole his car before mowing down pedestrians in Leeds. | West Yorkshire Police
35. Kaye Little
Predatory paedophile Kaye Little, 46, was jailed for nine years after she was found guilty of a multitude of offences. She targeted and groomed young boys on Facebook, one of whom was just 13 when she sexually assaulted him in a wooded area of Middleton, and later had sex with him in a Leeds hotel. | West Yorkshire Police
36. Neil Wright
Violent thug Neil Wright, 45, of Primrose Hill Gardens, Swillington, was jailed for 40 months after admitting engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and two of strangulation. He subjected his partner to years of abuse, leaving her with black eyes and even dragging her through a bathroom window as she tried to escape. | West Yorkshire Police