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Laffey (pictured) has been jailed and banned from shops around Wakefield.

Addict banned from shops after theft spree and burglary

Pitchforth was found guilty of downloading child-abuse images.

Defiant paedophile pensioner downloaded sickening images at his home

Thompson avoided immediate custody despite breaking into a home while the occupants slept.

Burglars took goods worth £1,900 from home as residents slept

Kidger (pictured) was given £10 by a stranger, whom he then robbed.

Desperate drug addict robbed well wisher who gave him £10 at Christmas

Marshall attacked the man in the nightclub, then chased him outside to continue the assault.

Thug chased, punched, kicked and stamped on Pontefract nightclubber

Mannion (pictured) was found guilty of manslaughter after killing Red Lion patron Tony Powles.

Pub thug jailed for killing grandfather who was due to be wed

Chapman put the windows through of Popworld and Cosa Nostra on Wakefield's Westgate.

Demon-fearing man punched and bit police officers after disturbance

Pedestrian Mr McClure (inset) was struck and killed by a vehicle near the bridge in Castleford.

Motorist to stand trial after denying dangerous driving killed man

McNally (pictured) attacked his neighbour during an argument.

Thug beat neighbour with a welly and kicked her to the head

Yates (pictured) was jailed for 12 years for raping a teenage girl.

Clear DNA evidence convicts defiant predator of raping young girl

Drug dealer Campy (pictured) was jailed after he was caught on Airedale Road.

Dealer had tiny baby in the car as he sold drugs

Preece-Smith made the calls to MPs with threats to rape and kill.

Prisoner phoned MPs and threatened to kill them 'like Jill Dando'

Farmer (pictured) was jailed at Leeds Crown Court this week.

Possessive thug told woman he knew for just 10 weeks: 'You are mine'

The suspect was detained at the Ramada Hotel in Wakefield.

Arrest at hotel following shooting

AAC Lee Berry (left) and Elliott Sharrard-Williams (right) have been appointed by WYP.

West Yorkshire Police appoints two new high-ranking officers

Guy was caught when activity on Snapchat was flagged up to police.

Paedophile blamed cocaine for downloading sickening abuse images

Matilda Farnell was cleared of wrongdoing after a lengthy battle with the NHS.

Struck-off nurse has decision overturned after eight-year battle
Union vows to fight for compensation after NHS trust “failed her”
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O’Neill (left) and McDonagh (right) were both jailed for their part in the fraud against a vulnerable pensioner.

Bogus gardeners frogmarched pensioner to bank to withdraw thousands

Sarah Cain died in the crash on the A1(M) in 2024. Mark Lee has been charged with causing her death.

Motorist denies dangerous driving that killed teenager

Webster (inset) ignored a CBO and continued to habitually steal from the Sainsbury's on Smawthorne Lane.

Banned nuisance who 'cleared shelves' at Sainsbury's finally jailed

Jackson (pictured) was jailed for kidnapping a woman from a bar in Wakefield.

Predator jailed for kidnapping intoxicated woman from late-night bar

The body of Carolann Barraclough was found at the address on Ken Churchill Drive in Horbury.

Husband denies murdering wife whose body was stored at house

Wilkinson (pictured) was jailed for abusing multiple girls.

Victim faces predator who abused girls for 25 years

Frost armed with the illegal shotgun and bandolier full of cartridges. He even has a spare cartridge between his teeth.

Drug dealer jailed for 27 years for murdering intruder

Hodlin is accused of murdering the pensioner who died in a house fire on Yew Tree Walk, Knottingley.

Man accused of murdering pensioner in house fire appears in court

Green was intent on attacking another woman with a broken bottle on Westgate in Wakefield

Drug-addled woman tried to attack another with broken bottle

Rudd (pictured) was jailed for the garden break-in.

Booze and crisps burglar restrained by resident after garden break-in

Heckler (pictured) was jailed for grooming girl over Snapchat before abusing her.

Haunted mum says Snapchat predator 'robbed daughter's teenage years'
Pervert filmed himself abusing the girl in his car
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Frost (pictured left) has been found guilty of murdering Connor Batty (right).

Shooter guilty of murdering intruder who burst into his home

Goddard posted messages on Facebook before exacting revenge for his bike being stolen by smashing up a house with a masked gang.

Masked gang smashed up home after Facebook revenge threats

Cawood (pictured) was jailed for failing to adhere to his suspended sentence.

Drug dealer who claimed he was threatened by travellers is jailed

Frost stood over Connor Batty (inset) after shooting him, asking him if he wanted an aspirin.

Murder accused asked man he fatally shot: 'Do you want an aspirin?'

Forde (pictured) was jailed for grooming a youngster online with his Xbox.

Pervert who made 'weird sex noises' over Xbox chat with boy is jailed

Paedophile Ibbetson (pictured) admitted two counts of sexual assaults on young girls, but continues to deny an interest in children.

Paedophile blamed drink and drugs for sexually assaulting two girls

Police were called to Fernside late on the evening of March 29.

Woman denies double murder attempt in village incident

Jones (pictured) was jailed for making his mother's life a misery.

Nuisance who made 87-year-old mother's life a misery is jailed

Hussain (pictured) helped attacked the man on Garden Street.

Knife-blade tip left embedded in man's skull during horror attack

Page was caught getting into her car after leaving Big Fellas nightclub. She had a sizeable amount of cocaine on her.

Woman who got behind wheel after leaving nightclub was dealing cocaine

Wilkinson (pictured) sent sickening messages to his ex partner that were so serious he was was jailed.

Ex threatened to burn woman's house down and kill her family

Guppy had photos of himself posing with cash.

Posing Leeds drug pusher took photos of himself with bundles of cash

Mannion (pictured) was found guilty of manslaughter after killing Red Lion patron Tony Powles.

Thug found guilty of killing 'much-loved' man in pub altercation

Davison (pictured) broke into Diallo and Costa in Wakefield to be sent back to prison.

Homeless and hungry burglar broke into shops to be returned to prison

Padley (pictured) was jailed for burgling a home near his own.

Career burglar with spice habit broke into home as occupants slept

Hampton was detained in a psychiatric hospital for the knife attack.

Resident knifed in his own kitchen by stranger who let himself in

The body of Gosia Wiktor (inset) was found at the property on Foster Square. Jack Johns could stand trial this December charged with her murder.

Man accused of murdering "beloved" mum could stand trial this winter

Chambers (inset) stole more than £63,000 from the Phoenix Centre in Alverthorpe, and fleeced thousands more from friends.

Conman drained community-centre bank account and preyed on homeseekers

Cawley (pictured) burgled the grandmother's house to steal the keys to her BMW, then took off in her car.

Teenager burgled grandmother's home to steal her BMW as she slept

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