So far, it has been a very busy year at the courts in Yorkshire. Criminals who have committed a whole range of crimes - from shop theft to murder - have been put behind bars as they sat in the docks at the courts across our region. Yorkshire is home to some of the busiest in the country and despite everything going on outside their doors, judges, barristers, ushers and clerks do their best to keep the wheels of justice turning.
This year has already seen some of the most dangerous criminals in the country locked up for crimes committed in our region. Those locked up include Marcus Osborne, who was handed a whole life order in March for the murders of his ex-girlfriend Katie Higton and her new partner Steven Harnett, and Nicola Ryder and Zoe Lethbridge, who murdered their neighbour Stephen Koszyczarshi. Read more: Driver of stolen BMW that killed 'devoted' mum in head-on A63 crash may never be known Below is a list of all of the criminals locked up in Yorkshire between January and June this year that YorkshireLive has reported on.
Brian was jailed for 30 months after he left a taxi driver in a coma following a crash. He had been captured on footage driving at high speeds before the collision. A court heard that seconds before the collision, Brian had opened a Snapchat message.
Read the full story here. County lines drug dealer Blair was locked up for five years after police found him with crack cocaine and heroin. North Yorkshire Police's Operation Expedite team identified a '.