A TAKEAWAY worker has been jailed for four years after he and an accomplice leapt out of a Seat Leon to attack a man with hammers.

Amjad Hussain set about his victim in an alleyway near Queens Road in Halifax after following him in the silver car on November 16, 2020, Bradford Crown Court heard today.

Hussain, 36, of Pavilion Close, Halifax, was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm after a trial in August last year.

Prosecutor Damian Broadbent said the Seat pulled up alongside the man and another male with him at 7.30pm. Two men armed with hammers launched an attack in the street.

The victim fell to the ground and was stamped on and kicked, the court was told.

The assailants threatened to kill him and his family if he reported the attack to the police.

He was taken to hospital by ambulance and found to have sustained a head wound, scratches, bruising and abrasions and puncture wounds to his knee.

Nicholas Leadbeater said in mitigation that Hussain denied using a hammer although CCTV footage of the attack showed that he was holding something.

He didn’t play a leading role and the offence was out of character.

There was no permanent injury suffered.

Hussain had been held in custody for five months following his conviction.

He had worked at a pizza takeaway restaurant and helped the homeless at a local church.

He was jailed by Recorder Patrick Palmer the judge who heard his trial.