Rapist who murdered baby killer and 16 of the most shocking crimes in Leeds Crown Court
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Jan 2019, 15:35 GMT
Updated 9th Jan 2019, 08:27 GMT
A rapist who murdered a baby killer, a TV producer caught in a predator sting and a trio who attacked a dad and son with an axe are just some of the most shocking cases in Leeds Crown Court in 2018.
Here is a roundup of some of the most shocking and horrific convictions heard in Leeds Crown Court in 2018. All sentencing details accurate at time of convictions.
Some of the most shocking cases in Leeds Crown Court in 2018
John Westland was told he must spend a minimum of 19 years behind bars for the murder of Liam Deane. The rapist murdered a baby killer behind bars.
David Moseley,59, was given 35 years in jail for raping children in the 1970s and 1980s.
Wakkas Butt was the ringleader of a criminal gang involved in a long-running fued that led to Leeds first gangbo injunctions. The crime boss was locked up for 21 years over his involvement in a shooting in the city.
Gary O'Neil, 39 of Stratford Street, Beeston, was found guilty of aggravated burglary and got 15-and-a half years. Terence Honey, 32, got 14 years 3 months. Paul Cameron, 38, got 10 years, 11 months for aggravated burglary.
EVIL killer John Taylor, 62, was given a WHOLE life prison sentence after admitting a string of violent sex crimes against a seven-year-old child and a four women.
Peter Stalgis, 60, killed Angela Conoby at their home on Berkeley Mount, Harehills, in May this year. He was given 14 years in prison.
Carl Hartley was given bail on multiple occasions over a three year period after targeting lone woman at night. Hartley, from Leeds, was jailed for life after pleading guilty to two offences of rape one of sexual assault.
