A gunman who sparked a nationwide manhunt after shooting a teenager on a Bradford street was today beginning a seven-year prison sentence.

Jibhran Jamaal Khan fled to Pakistan after blasting his Iraqi victim in the hand and chest.

But he was captured after his name was picked out from a passenger list when his flight stopped off at Manchester en route to New York.

The Recorder of Bradford, Judge Stephen Gullick, told Khan, 23, he had gone out looking for his victim with a shotgun and cartridges.

He said: "You were prepared to take out into the public areas of Bradford, on the streets of Bradford, a gun which was some kind of shotgun with cartridges.

"I'm told your intention was to scare and wave it around. Quite why it needs to be waved around in a loaded condition is beyond me.

"Whether it was truly an accidental shooting as you say I know not. The fact is having a loaded gun in your possession in the street with your finger on the trigger is an incredibly reckless act on your part.

"Whatever the background, disputes of this nature should not be resolved by you or anybody else thinking they can walk around the streets of Bradford with a loaded shotgun."

After the case, Detective Chief Inspector John Armitage, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "Regardless of the fact that this man left the country and went on the run, we continued our inquiries to ultimately bring him to justice.

"We won't tolerate the use of firearms on the streets of West Yorkshire.

"It is satisfying to know that a dangerous individual has been put away for a substantial amount of time."

Bradford Crown Court was told that the shooting took place in Mumford Street, West Bowling, in October 2004, when Khan, of Westroyd Road, West Bowling, was 20.

Khan, who pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to unlawfully wounding 19-year-old Hojat Fatahi and possessing a shotgun in a public place, was only arrested in May this year.

Prosecutor Patrick Palmer said Khan was contacted by a girl who claimed that Mr Fatahi had been pestering her in a park.

There was a confrontation between the two men and over the next few months Mr Fatahi received threatening phone calls.

In October 2004 he was approached by Khan and another man, Sadeeq Khan, in the street and the defendant produced the shotgun.

Mr Palmer said: "The complainant put his hand to his chest. The gun was fired once. The pellets struck the hand of the complainant and also his chest."

Sadeeq Khan told police that Khan had said he was having trouble with some Iraqis and they were going to sort them out.

As they walked the streets looking for Mr Fatahi the defendant produced four shotgun cartridges from his pocket.

Mr Palmer said it was Sadeeq Khan's account that when he saw the shotgun he went over to Khan saying "no, no" and put his hand on the gun pushing the barrel down.

Mr Fatahi was treated in hospital for a wound to his right hand and also had pellets removed from his chest.

Kevin Metzger, mitigating, said Khan, who had no previous convictions, had fled the country because he was scared.

"It was his intention to scare Mr Fatahi," said Mr Metzger. "He hoped that by brandishing the gun the man would leave him alone.

"He brought the gun out and pointed it in the air. Unfortunately, not being himself used to handling guns,... as Mr Sadeeq Khan went to grab it the gun was brought down and went off accidentally.

"It is fortunate that most of the pellets were received by the right hand of Mr Fatahi. There were five or so stray pellets that went beyond the hand into the chest and abdomen area."