Dealer behind bars for bringing drugs into the county

A Huddersfield drug dealer has been jailed for eight years after police raids uncovered more than £100,000 of cocaine and cannabis in properties he had access to. Joseph Masih (37) from Birkby was jailed at Leeds Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday April 5) after previously pleading guilty to drugs offences and possession of criminal property. The […]
Dealer behind bars for bringing drugs into the county – (ID 548561)

A Huddersfield drug dealer has been jailed for eight years after police raids uncovered more than £100,000 of cocaine and cannabis in properties he had access to. Joseph Masih (37) from Birkby was jailed at Leeds Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday April 5) after previously pleading guilty to drugs offences and possession of criminal property. The […]
A former South Yorkshire Police officer has been jailed after sexually assaulting a woman in a pub

Former PC Paul Hinchcliffe, 46, was off duty and drinking in The Church House public house in Wath when he made sexually suggestive comments towards the victim. Hinchcliffe also flicked beer foam from the top of his pint at her chest area, before pulling down her top and taking a photograph. The woman was so […]
A man from Huddersfield who placed offensive stickers around the town has been sentenced to 27 months imprisonment at Leeds Crown Court

Steven Donovan of Baker Street, last month pleaded guilty to a number of offences including stirring up racial hatred, dissemination of terrorist material and possession of a knife. He was also convicted of possessing racially inflammatory material and possession of extreme pornography. In May 2020, a PCSO on routine patrol came across a large number […]
A man from Huddersfield who placed offensive stickers around the town has been sentenced to 27 months imprisonment at Leeds Crown Court

Steven Donovan of Baker Street, last month pleaded guilty to a number of offences including stirring up racial hatred, dissemination of terrorist material and possession of a knife. He was also convicted of possessing racially inflammatory material and possession of extreme pornography. In May 2020, a PCSO on routine patrol came across a large number […]
Two teenagers will be sentenced for murder after fatally attacking a 15-year-old in Huddersfield

The Huddersfield males, ages 15 and 17, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court at a later date. Following a trial at Leeds Crown Court, the 17-year-old male was found guilty of Khayri’s murder by a jury today.He will be sentenced alongside his 15-year-old co-defendant, who pleaded guilty […]
Two teenagers will be sentenced for murder after fatally attacking a 15-year-old in Huddersfield

The Huddersfield males, ages 15 and 17, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court at a later date. Following a trial at Leeds Crown Court, the 17-year-old male was found guilty of Khayri’s murder by a jury today.He will be sentenced alongside his 15-year-old co-defendant, who pleaded guilty […]
Two teenagers will be sentenced for murder after fatally attacking a 15-year-old in Huddersfield – (ID 555952)

The Huddersfield males, ages 15 and 17, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court at a later date. Following a trial at Leeds Crown Court, the 17-year-old male was found guilty of Khayri’s murder by a jury today.He will be sentenced alongside his 15-year-old co-defendant, who pleaded guilty […]
A man who beat and cut a woman with a glass bottle and then stamped on her has been sentenced to more than four years in prison

Ross Komoroczky, aged 37, from Armley was jailed at Leeds Crown Court on today after pleading guilty to section 18 wounding with intent offences against a female victim at a previous court hearing in January. He was sentenced to a total of four years and 10 months for the offence which took place at a […]
A man who subjected two separate women to sustained campaigns of controlling and coercive behaviour during their relationships has been sentenced

Todd Pappin, aged 31, was convicted of the offences after a trial at Leeds Crown Court. He was charged, following an investigation by Leeds District Safeguarding Unit, with two counts of controlling or coercive behaviour relating to his actions in monitoring, repeatedly demeaning and taking control over the lives of the two women in relationships […]
A man who subjected two separate women to sustained campaigns of controlling and coercive behaviour during their relationships has been s…

Todd Pappin, aged 31, was convicted of the offences after a trial at Leeds Crown Court. He was charged, following an investigation by Leeds District Safeguarding Unit, with two counts of controlling or coercive behaviour relating to his actions in monitoring, repeatedly demeaning and taking control over the lives of the two women in relationships […]
A man who supplied firearms to organised crime groups across the UK has been jailed for more than 19 years as part of a National Crime Agency investigation under Operation Venetic

Using the encrypted communications platform EncroChat, Michael Derrane, 50, orchestrated, supplied and transferred firearms and multiple kilos of class A and B drugs wholesale, selling them on to criminals for a profit. Evidence from encrypted messages showed Derrane, from Morpeth, was well known to serious organised crime groups in Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, the Midlands, and […]
A man who supplied firearms to organised crime groups across the UK has been jailed for more than 19 years as part of a National Crime Agency investigation under Operation Venetic

Using the encrypted communications platform EncroChat, Michael Derrane, 50, orchestrated, supplied and transferred firearms and multiple kilos of class A and B drugs wholesale, selling them on to criminals for a profit. Evidence from encrypted messages showed Derrane, from Morpeth, was well known to serious organised crime groups in Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, the Midlands, and […]
A man who supplied firearms to organised crime groups across the UK has been jailed for more than 19 years as part of a National Crime Ag…

Using the encrypted communications platform EncroChat, Michael Derrane, 50, orchestrated, supplied and transferred firearms and multiple kilos of class A and B drugs wholesale, selling them on to criminals for a profit. Evidence from encrypted messages showed Derrane, from Morpeth, was well known to serious organised crime groups in Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, the Midlands, and […]
A man previously sentenced to almost 20 years for a string of child sexual offences has been jailed for three more years

Mark Greenwood, of Normanton, was sentenced to prison in 2019 at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to six sexual offences and three counts of making indecent images of a child.Following his conviction, a second complainant came forward to say that Greenwood had abused her when she was only eight years old.Wakefield District Safeguarding Unit […]
A police officer has been convicted of sexual assault following a trial at Leeds Crown Court

Following a trial at Leeds Crown Court, a police officer was found guilty of sexual assault. PC On the afternoon of Saturday, October 3, 2020, Paul Hinchcliffe, 46, was drinking at The Church House public house in Wath. He made sexually suggestive remarks to a woman in the pub while also photographing her and showing […]
A man who murdered his estranged wife at her home has been given a life sentence

Satpreet Singh Gandhi, 37, stabbed Harleen Kaur Satpreet Gandhi, 32, on Monday, September 5, after arming himself with a knife and loitering outside her flat in Victoria Road, Headingley. Officers were called to the scene at 6.26 p.m. after receiving reports of a disturbance at the address. Harleen was discovered unconscious inside the property with […]
A police officer is due to stand trial charged with sexual assault

PC Paul Hinchcliffe, 46, was charged with one count of sexual assault following an off-duty social event in October 2020. A report to the force’s Professional Standards Department prompted the investigation. Hinchcliffe, who worked in training, has been suspended from duties and an internal misconduct investigation is on hold pending the outcome of the criminal […]