A 20-year-old man who was "at the forefront" during part of the Bradford riots has been locked up for three-and-a-half years.

Nahiem Abid Razaq, of Highfield Lane, Keighley, was sent to a young offenders' institution by Judge Alistair McCallum, sitting at Leeds Crown Court.

He had pleaded guilty to riot on a previous occasion.

Michael Smith, prosecuting, said Razaq was present for a good part of the riots, from the middle of the afternoon of Saturday, July 7, until the early hours of the following morning.

Mr Smith said his movements had been captured on video and Razaq was first seen at 4.56pm in the city centre wearing a red bandana across his face, and black gloves.

At 6.21pm he was seen throwing a brick and Mr Smith said Razaq was later seen at barricades in White Abbey Road and "was at the forefront" of a group.

He was seen with a stick at 8.21pm and later at 11.30pm wearing a baseball cap.

The court heard he was last seen in White Abbey Road shortly after midnight.

He told the court Razaq's picture appeared on one of the first posters of the rioting suspects.

He did not respond but was identified by police and handed himself in on September 25.

Elyas Patel, mitigating, said Razaq was 19 at the time of the riots. He said Razaq felt "overwhelming regret and remorse".

"He looks back now, months later, and he is completely beside himself.

"He cannot believe he stooped so low and that he got so carried away, that in the heat of those moments of carnage and madness he came to behave in an utterly despicable way. If he could turn the clock back, he would."

He said Razaq was the only son of a hard-working, law-abiding family.

The court heard he got four GCSEs at school, then went to college and had been working in the banking industry for 18 months before his picture was published following the riots.

Judge McCallum said Razaq was hurling missiles at police officers in riot gear but it was unclear whether any of the officers were hit by them.

He said Razaq's actions could be described as "madness".

"The real sadness of that day is the untold damage that the young Asian community did to themselves," he said.

He said it would be years before people unfamiliar with life in Bradford began to believe it was a city worth visiting, all because of "one night of madness."