A man who deliberately drove at his cousin after they fell out over money, flinging him on to the car bonnet and into the road, has been locked up for 12 months.

Mohammed Ahmed, 19, targeted Sajid Mahmood after they quarrelled about a loan, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday.

Ahmed, of Gladstone Street, Bradford, saw his cousin walking in a back street, off Leeds Road, Bradford, on May 8 last year and drove his Toyota Avensis at him to frighten him.

Mr Mahmood was hurled on to the bonnet and struck the windscreen with his head, before landing heavily in the road. He was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary where his injuries included a lump on the head, a swollen shoulder, a stiff neck and grazing to his body.

Ahmed, who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, was banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to take a retest before he gets his licence back.

His barrister, Yunus Valli, said the cousins fell out over a loan. The dispute became heated but there had now been no trouble between them for almost a year.

Ahmed intended to frighten his cousin and not to run him down and Mr Mahmood’s injuries were not the most serious, the court had heard.

Mr Valli said Ahmed was a hard-working man, holding down two jobs, who provided help and support to his two children, his parents and his siblings.

Judge Robert Bartfield said Ahmed used his car as a weapon and only an immediate period in a young offender institution met the justice of the case.

The defendant had recently been given a suspended sentence of custody at Leeds Crown Court for causing actual bodily harm to a female partner.