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 -
43. Reece Lawrence
Reece Lawrence, 29, of Raylands Way, Middleton, was jailed for 10 years after admitting causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop. He was thought to have been driving at around 88mph when he struck Michaela Fowles as she crossed a road in Tingley in June, killing the 25-year-old. | West Yorkshire Police/National World
44. Natasha Pammant and Liam Leach
Natasha Pammant, 24, of Cartmell Drive, Halton, and Liam Leach, 26, of South Farm Road, Gipton, were each jailed for 30 months after both admitted a charge of cruelty against a person in their care, along with a second, lesser offence. It came after they left a vulnerable woman in an armchair for four months in her own faeces and urine, who was also found to have been wearing the same clothes for a year. The 58-year-old woman was found slumped in a chair in May 2022. | West Yorkshire Police Photo: West Yorkshire Police
45. Rebecca Kirton and Darren Gibson
Darren Gibson, 54, of Holdforth Close, was jailed for 24 years after he was found guilty of indecent assault, five counts of rape, five of assault by penetration, two of causing or inciting a child into sexual activity and one of sexual assault. His adopted sibling Rebecca Kirton, 39, was jailed for 12 years after she was found guilty of two counts of assault by penetration, one of rape and one of causing or inciting a child into sexual activity. | West Yorkshire Police
46. Stephen and Cheryl Long
Stephen Long, 49, of Prospect Place, Rothwell, was jailed for eight years, while his wife Cheryl, 46, of the same address, was jailed for 30 months, after the pair admitted manslaughter. They scrapped with dad-of-three Paul Davinson on Smithson Street over a neighbour dispute, getting him into a headlock which triggered a fatal heart attack. | West Yorkshire Police
47. Mohammed Umer Abid
Mohammed Umer Abid, 24, of Montagu Avenue, Roundhay, was jailed for eight years after he was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He was travelling at twice the speed limit in an incident in 2020 when he smashed into a car in Oakwood, killing Yousaf Razzaq and seriously injuring his wife. | West Yorkshire Police/Google
48. Nicholas Rees
Nicholas Rees, 26, was jailed for six years after being found guilty of possession of explosive substances and a bladed article. The post-graduate student at Leeds Trinity University - who hinted at mass shooting and would dress in Army fatigues, a bullet-proof vest and carried a starter pistol - was found storing explosive chemicals. | West Yorkshire Police/Google