A teenager was sent to a young offender's institution for 22 months after a Court heard how two brothers and their friend were all attacked over the space of two days.

The youngsters, aged 13, 14 and 15, had been present at an incident in November 2001 when a Toyota car being driven by Amar Zahir was said to have almost knocked over the youngest boy in Lister Avenue.

Prosecutor Simon Anderson said the 13-year-old shouted an abusive comment towards Zahir who got out of the car and slapped the youngster.

Zahir, who was 17 at the time, left the scene. But later that afternoon the teenager's brother was seen walking home from school and he was grabbed as he tried to run away.

Bradford Crown Court heard that the 15-year-old was punched five or six times by Zahir before three other men, who were armed with sticks or bars, forced the boy to the ground and set about him.

The next evening the third boy, aged 14, was pulled to the ground by a passenger in the Toyota and Zahir kicked him in the face.

Mr Anderson revealed that in June last year, on the same day as he had appeared in court in relation to the attacks, Zahir threatened the youngest boy outside school.

Zahir, now 19, of Parsonage Road, West Bowling, pleaded guilty to common assault, unlawful wounding, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and witness intimidation. Judge Robert Bartfield said Zahir seemed to think of himself as "some kind of gangster" who could terrorise young people when he thought it appropriate.