
A Ryhill man has been given a 23-year sentence after being convicted for decades worth of sexual offending against teenage boys.
Russell Bradshaw, 55, from Ryhill, was sentenced to 17 years and two months in prison with six years extended licence at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to 15 separate sexual offences including indecent assault and gross indecency.
Bradshaw was convicted of sexual offences against four underage teenage boys which took place over periods in the 1980s, in 2001 and between 2016- 2017 in the Wakefield and wider Pontefract areas.
The 55-year-old will also have to register on the sex offenders register for life.