A former Leeds United youth player caught dealing drugs in the city centre, a man who was found with a sawn-off shotgun and live ammunition in a car and a diabetic who blamed his condition for his attempts to rob women in their own cars, were all among the cases heard at Leeds Crown Court.
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The eight criminals who have all been jailed this week. (pic by WYP) Photo: WYP
2. Jabar and Haso
Pshtiwan Jabar (eft) and Diar Borhan Haso were both jailed this week for a series of violent attacks on a night out in Leeds. Having glassed a man outside a nightclub on Christmas Eve, the pair left but then returned to the city centre minutes later where they launched cowardly attacks on a group of men waiting for a taxi. Jabar punched a man unconscious who was looking the other way, before Haso knocked a second man out with a single punch. The attacks were all caught on CCTV. Judge Rodney Jameson KC jailed Haso for 39 months and Jabar for 25 months. (pics by WYP) Photo: WYP
3. Jamal Gatewood
Gatewood was stopped by armed Leeds police in a Nissan Juke being driven by a woman, and a sawn-off shotgun and live cartridges were found on the back seat. They also found a machete and a stun-gun in the vehicle. Gatewood, 24, admitted possessing the firearm and the ammunition but said he was looking after the weapon because he had run up a drug debt that he could not pay back. He alleges he was on his way to give the weapon back when they were stopped. He was jailed for five-and-a-half years. (pic by WYP) Photo: WYP
4. Stuart Burns-Smith
Burns-Smith tried to rob women in their cars, but then blamed it on him being diabetic and that his low blood-sugar meant he cold not remember what he was doing. He climbed into one car in Beeston when a woman was with her young child and began rummaging through her handbag. The 37-year-old then walked into another woman's house, before climbing into a midwife's car and demanding she drive. He was jailed for three years this week after the judge rubbished his excuses about his diabetes. (pic by WYP) Photo: WYP