Leeds Crown Court

Coordinates: 53°48′01″N 1°33′05″W / 53.8003°N 1.5515°W / 53.8003; -1.5515 Leeds Crown Court, more accurately the "Crown Court at Leeds" is a venue of the Crown Court in West Yorkshire, England. The buildings are situated on Westgate in Leeds city centre, adjacent to Leeds magistrates courts.

Notable cases

Nick Griffin leaves Leeds Crown Court

Zsiga Pankotia - found guilty of murder, became the last man to be hanged at Armley Gaol in 1961.

John Poulson - found guilty of fraud and jailed for five years (a sentence that was later increased to seven) in 1974.
Gary Hart - found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the Selby rail crash and jailed for five years (released after serving half his sentence) in 2001.
Nick Griffin - acquitted of incitement to racial hatred in 2006.
Wearside Jack - The Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer.
Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan - found guilty in December 2008 of the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews, child neglect and perverting the course of justice. The pair were each sentenced to eight years in prison in January 2009.
Murder of Ann Maguire - 16-year-old Will Cornick was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in custody in November 2014 for murdering his teacher in April of that year
Colin Gregg - Heir to Greggs bakery chain and former headmaster, jailed for 13½ years after being found guilty of sexually abusing four boys over a period spanning more than 30 years.^[1]^[2]

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