Leeds Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 51 verdicts at Leeds Magistrates' Court (Leeds). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Luke Hudson

Breach of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

October 1, 2025

Sentence: two-year conditional discharge and £2,369 in costs

Luke Hudson, director of LJH Property Limited, the sub-contractor, failed to properly plan, supervise, or ensure safe execution of the roofing works at Cirteq Ltd in Colne Road, Glusburn, Keighley. Their risk assessment was unsuitable and insufficient, contributing to a worker falling through a fragile rooflight and becoming impaled on machinery, suffering leg injuries.

Pleaded guilty to breaching Section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 as company director of LJH Property Limited.

Sources: examinerlive.co.uk

Neil Cryer

Breach of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

October 1, 2025

Sentence: two-year conditional discharge and £2,369 in costs

Neil Cryer, director of A.T. Lee Properties Limited, the principal contractor, failed to properly plan the roofing works at Cirteq Ltd in Colne Road, Glusburn, Keighley, and did not put in place appropriate preventative and protective measures or ensure correct equipment was used. This led to a worker falling through a fragile rooflight and becoming impaled on machinery, suffering leg injuries.

Pleaded guilty to breaching Section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 as company director of A.T. Lee Properties Limited.

Sources: examinerlive.co.uk

Neville Fairbrother

Assault by beating

May 29, 2025

Sentence: Fined £100, £300 compensation and 12-month conditional discharge

Neville Fairbrother used threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and committed assault by beating at Silcoates School, Silcoates Lane, Wrenthorpe.

Peter Bean

Drink driving

May 29, 2025

Sentence: Twelve-month community order with six-month alcohol treatment requirement, 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement, 100 hours unpaid work, and 18-month driving ban

Peter Bean drove a vehicle on Gainsborough Way, Stanley, Wakefield, over the alcohol limit.

Stuart Dodson

Drug driving

May 29, 2025

Sentence: Twelve-month driving ban and £120 fine

Stuart Dodson drove a Suzuki SX 4 on Holmsley Avenue, South Kirkby, while over the limit for cocaine and benzoylecgonine.

Logan Day

Theft and assault

May 29, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for 14 days, 12-month community order with 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement, and £200 compensation

Logan Day stole three bottles of Kraken worth £81 and Smirnoff Red Vodka worth £89 from Sainsbury’s, Trinity Walk, Wakefield, stole a stand of packaged vapes worth £1,000 from Esso, Willowbridge Lane, Castleford, and assaulted a police officer at Normanton police station.

Julijs Deiders

Failing to provide a specimen

May 29, 2025

Sentence: Ten penalty points, £768 fine, £85 costs, and £307 victim surcharge

Julijs Deiders failed to provide a specimen at Havertop Lane police station, Normanton, when in control of a vehicle.

Demi Grice

Drug driving and possession of cannabis

May 29, 2025

Sentence: Twelve-month community order with 100 hours unpaid work and 18-month driving ban

Demi Grice drove a Vauxhall Adam on Broadmeadows, Wakefield, while over the limit for benzoylecgonine, a byproduct of cocaine, over the limit for THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, and was in possession of cannabis.

Jak Priest

Failing to stop and drink driving

May 29, 2025

Sentence: Twenty-month driving ban, £538 fine, £85 costs, and £215 victim surcharge

Jak Priest failed to stop when directed by a police constable and drove over the alcohol limit on Giles Avenue, Pontefract.

Jack Bower

Breach of suspended sentence order

May 21, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80 and £60 costs

Jack Bower failed to comply with a suspended sentence order by not attending a required unpaid work session and not providing excuses for the absence.

Failed to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence order by failing to attend an unpaid work session and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Darren Smith

Theft

May 21, 2025

Sentence: Ordered to pay £75 compensation

Darren Smith stole a backpack belonging to another person.

Ben Bennett

Theft

May 21, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for seven days and £24.50 compensation

Ben Bennett stole four bottles of Smirnoff Vodka worth £98 from Tesco on Market Street, Hemsworth.

Carl Robert Watson

Breach of community order

May 21, 2025

Sentence: Community order varied to include 25 hours unpaid work

Carl Robert Watson failed to comply with a community order by not attending required unpaid work sessions and not providing excuses for absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work sessions and failing to provide acceptable evidence to excuse absences.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Connor Ryan

Breach of community order

May 21, 2025

Sentence: Community order varied to include five-day rehabilitation activity requirement

Connor Ryan failed to comply with a community order by not attending unpaid work appointments and not providing excuses for absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Jordan Phillips

Breach of suspended sentence order

May 21, 2025

Sentence: Suspended sentence order of six months imprisonment suspended for 12 months operational period extended to 15 months and £280 fine

Jordan Phillips failed to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence order by failing to attend an unpaid work appointment. The original order was for dangerous driving.

Failed to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence order made for dangerous driving.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Matthew Hutchinson

Breach of community order

May 21, 2025

Sentence: Fined £40

Matthew Hutchinson failed to comply with a community order by not attending required rehabilitation and unpaid work sessions, and not providing excuses for absences within five working days.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend a rehabilitation activity requirement appointment and an unpaid work session, and failing to provide acceptable evidence to excuse absences.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Steven Burton

Breach of community order

May 21, 2025

Sentence: Twelve-month community order with six-month drug rehabilitation activity requirement and 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement

Steven Burton failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days. The original order was for stealing cheese and failing to surrender to custody.

Failed to comply with a previous community order made for stealing Lurpak and Cathedral City cheese worth £37 from One Stop, South Elmsall, and failing to surrender to custody.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Stuart North

Failing to provide a specimen and driving without insurance

April 21, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for 12 weeks suspended for 12 months, five-day rehabilitation activity requirement, 80 hours unpaid work and £60 costs

Stuart North, aged 33, of Cross Street, Upton, failed to comply with a community order that was issued for failing to provide a blood sample and driving a Ford Fiesta without insurance, by not attending unpaid work appointments and not providing evidence for his absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, made for failing to provide a blood sample and driving a Ford Fiesta without insurance, by failing to attend unpaid work appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Joseph Swift

Breach of community order

April 21, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80

Joseph Swift, aged 43, of Duke of York, Wakefield, failed to comply with a community order by not attending unpaid work sessions and not providing acceptable evidence for his absences within the required timeframe.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work sessions and failing to provide acceptable evidence within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Lewis Curley

Breach of community order

April 21, 2025

Sentence: Fined £300

Lewis Curley, aged 32, of Dewsbury Road, Wakefield, failed to comply with a community order, which involved not attending an induction appointment and not providing acceptable evidence for his absence within the required timeframe.

Failed to comply with the requirement of a community order by failing to attend an induction appointment and failing to provide acceptable evidence to excuse absence within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

David Chambers

Breach of restraining order

April 21, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for three months suspended for 18 months and 10-day rehabilitation activity requirement

David Chambers, aged 41, of Denton Terrace, Wakefield, failed to comply with a suspended sentence order that was originally imposed for breaching a restraining order, by not attending required rehabilitation appointments and not providing evidence for his absences.

Failed to comply with requirements of a suspended sentence order, imposed for breaching a restraining order, by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days. The suspended sentence order was varied.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Elaine Browne

Theft from a shop

April 21, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for 16 weeks suspended for 18 months

Elaine Browne, aged 36, of Windermere Road, Wakefield, failed to comply with a suspended sentence order that was imposed for two counts of theft from a shop, by not attending required rehabilitation and unpaid work appointments and not providing evidence for her absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a suspended sentence order, made for two counts of theft from a shop, by failing to attend a rehabilitation activity requirement appointment, failing to attend an unpaid work appointment and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days. The suspended order was varied.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Imran Zaman

Breach of Community Order

March 7, 2025

Sentence: Fined £50

Imran Zaman, aged 41, of Elder Green, Wakefield, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Failed to comply with community order by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Angela Gibson

Breach of Community Order

March 7, 2025

Sentence: Community order varied to include 10 hours unpaid work and rehabilitation activity requirement to continue

Angela Gibson, aged 37, of Bevin Close, Outwood, Wakefield, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Failed to comply with community order by failing to attend unpaid work appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Jodie Tonge

Driving a Motor Vehicle While Over the Limit for Cocaine

March 7, 2025

Sentence: Twelve-month community order with 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 40 hours unpaid work

Jodie Tonge, aged 31, of Broad Lane, South Elmsall, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, originally made for driving a motor vehicle while over the limit for cocaine, by failing to attend initial induction appointment and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absence within five working days.

Failed to comply with community order made for driving a motor vehicle while over the limit for cocaine by failing to attend initial induction appointment and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absence within five working days

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Michael Townend

Failing to Provide a Specimen

March 7, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for 16 weeks suspended for 12 months, 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 220 hours unpaid work

Michael Townend, aged 39, of Horsefair, Pontefract, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, originally made for failing to provide a specimen, by failing to attend unpaid work sessions and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days.

Failed to comply with community order made for failing to provide a specimen by failing to attend unpaid work sessions and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Troy Adamson-Swanson

Assault by Beating

March 7, 2025

Sentence: Twelve-month community order with 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 60 hours unpaid work

Troy Adamson-Swanson, aged 33, of Granville Street, Castleford, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, originally made for assault by beating, by failing to attend unpaid work appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Failed to comply with community order made for assault by beating by failing to attend unpaid work appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Vicki Hinchcliffe

Breach of Community Order

March 7, 2025

Sentence: Fined £50

Vicki Hinchcliffe, aged 42, of Luke Farmer Way, Wakefield, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Vaughan Myatt

Breach of community order

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for 10 weeks

Vaughan Myatt failed to attend initial induction appointments for a community order that was imposed for theft from a motor vehicle and did not provide acceptable evidence for his absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, made for theft from a motor vehicle, by failing to attend initial induction appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence within five working days of absences.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Sarah George

Breach of community order

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80

Sarah George failed to attend initial office induction appointments as required by her community order and did not provide acceptable evidence for her absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend initial office induction appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence within five working days of absences.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Sylwia Priebe

Breach of community order

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80

Sylwia Priebe failed to comply with the alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement of her community order and did not provide acceptable evidence or explanation for her non-compliance within five working days.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to comply with alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Aaron Cook

Breach of community order

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Fined £40

Aaron Cook failed to attend unpaid work appointments as required by his community order and did not provide acceptable evidence for his absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Darren Prett

Breach of community order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: £40 fine

Darren Prett, aged 51, of Sunroyd Hill, Horbury, Wakefield, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by not attending unpaid work appointments and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse the absences within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Melanie Lowe

Breach of community order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: 8 weeks imprisonment. Overall length of sentence 18 weeks

Melanie Lowe, aged 48, of Westwood Road, Cutsyke, Castleford, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order that was originally made for fraud by false representation and theft from a shop, by not attending induction appointments and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, made for fraud by false representation and theft from a shop, by failing to attend induction appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Logan Stanhope

Breach of community order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and £100 fine

Logan Stanhope, aged 20, of Old Crown Road, Wakefield, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by not attending a rehabilitation activity requirement appointment and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse the absence within five working days.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend a rehabilitation activity requirement appointment and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absence within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Kelly Johnson

Breach of community order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months, six-month drug rehabilitation requirement and 10-day rehabilitation activity requirement

Kelly Johnson, aged 32, of no fixed abode, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order that was made for stealing confectionary worth £74.98 from Spar on Wentworth Street, Wakefield, and stealing sweets worth £356.56 from HMV on Trinity Walk, Wakefield, by not contacting the probation practitioner.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, made for stealing confectionary worth £74.98 from Spar, Wentworth Street, Wakefield, and stealing sweets worth £356.56 from HMV, Trinity Walk, Wakefield, by failing to contact probation practitioner.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Janine Beardsmore

Breach of suspended sentence order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Three months imprisonment suspended for 12 months and five-day rehabilitation activity requirement, with drug rehabilitation requirement to continue

Janine Beardsmore, aged 46, of Sheldrake Avenue, Castleford, failed to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence order that was made for possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, by not attending rehabilitation activity requirement office appointments and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Failed to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence order, made for possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement office appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Thomas Hudson

Breach of community order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Twelve-month community order with 12-day rehabilitation activity requirement

Thomas Hudson, aged 31, of Norton Street, Belle Vue, Wakefield, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order that was made for stealing from a shop, by not attending the initial induction appointment and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse the absence within five working days.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, made for stealing from a shop, by failing to attend initial induction appointment and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absence within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Jarred James Toner

Breach of community order

February 4, 2025

Sentence: £80 fine

Jarred James Toner, aged 32, of North Avenue, Pontefract, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, including not attending rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation for absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Kyra Hartley

Breach of community order

February 4, 2025

Sentence: £40 fine

Kyra Hartley, aged 36, of Horsefair, Pontefract, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, which involved not attending initial induction appointments and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation for absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend initial induction appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Callum Hughes

Breach of community order

February 4, 2025

Sentence: 10 hours unpaid work

Callum Hughes, aged 24, of Throstle Row, Knottingley, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, which included not attending unpaid work sessions and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation for absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work sessions and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences; order varied to include this requirement.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

James Anthony Dickinson

Breach of community order

February 4, 2025

Sentence: £253 fine

James Anthony Dickinson, aged 38, of Sunny Bank, Normanton, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, including not attending an unpaid work requirement appointment and a rehabilitation activity requirement appointment, and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation for absences.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend an unpaid work requirement appointment, failing to attend a rehabilitation activity requirement appointment, and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Gareth Walsh

Breach of community order

February 4, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine

Gareth Walsh, aged 35, of Prospect Terrace, Pontefract, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, specifically by not attending rehabilitation activity requirement appointments.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments; community order varied to include six-month alcohol treatment requirement with other requirements continuing.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

David Olliman

Breach of community order for common assault and criminal damage

February 4, 2025

Sentence: 16 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with six-month drug rehabilitation requirement and 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement

David Olliman, aged 45, of Ivy Close, Wakefield, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order originally made for common assault and criminal damage. This involved failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation for absences.

Failed to comply with community order made for common assault and criminal damage by failing to attend rehabilitation activity requirement appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Jamie Dowding

Assault

January 30, 2025

Sentence: Eight weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months with a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement

Jamie Dowding, aged 47, of South Avenue, South Elmsall, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, which was made for assaulting a police community support officer, by failing to attend initial induction appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation to excuse absences.

Failed to comply with community order made for assaulting a police community support officer.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Lewis Duncan

Theft

January 30, 2025

Sentence: Twelve-month community order with 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 100 hours unpaid work

Lewis Duncan, aged 20, of Arundel Close, Wakefield, failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, which was made for stealing from a shop and possession of a class B drug, by failing to attend initial induction office appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days.

Failed to comply with community order made for stealing from a shop and possession of a class B drug.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Mark Lucas

Breach of community order

December 16, 2024

Sentence: Fined £40

Mark Lucas failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, which involved not attending an unpaid work appointment and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend an unpaid work appointment and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Curtis Powell

Driving while over the alcohol limit and driving while disqualified

December 16, 2024

Sentence: 16 weeks imprisonment suspended for two years, with a 10-day rehabilitation activity requirement and alcohol treatment requirement

Curtis Powell failed to comply with a suspended sentence order that was originally imposed for driving a vehicle while over the alcohol limit and driving while disqualified, by not attending required appointments and not providing evidence.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a suspended sentence order by not attending an alcohol treatment appointment and a rehabilitation activity requirement office appointment, and not providing acceptable evidence within five working days. The suspended sentence order was varied.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Ruth Sambrook

Breach of community order

December 16, 2024

Sentence: Fined £184

Ruth Sambrook failed to comply with the requirements of a community order, which involved not attending unpaid work appointments and not providing acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days.

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work appointments and failing to provide acceptable evidence or explanation within five working days.

Sources: wakefieldexpress.co.uk

Biffa Waste Services Ltd

Breach of Health and Safety Regulations

October 15, 2023

Sentence: £2.48 million fine

Biffa Waste Services Ltd failed to effectively review and monitor measures to protect pedestrians and separate them from vehicles at their waste transfer site in Bradford. On August 10, 2023, this led to the death of worker James Tabri, 57, who was crushed beneath the wheels of a reversing skip wagon while crossing the weighbridge. CCTV showed workers commonly bypassing pedestrian routes and climbing over barriers, indicating a casual attitude to health and safety. The incident was deemed easily avoidable with proper monitoring and supervision.

Pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 5(1) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Ordered to pay full costs of £5,768.06. Company accepted full responsibility and conducted a comprehensive health and safety review post-incident.

Sources: examinerlive.co.uk

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