A 24-year-old man has been jailed for 18 months after he threw a stone at police lines during last July's violent clashes.

Nadeem Bashir, of Lilycroft Walk, Heaton, was part of a group of up to 40 young men who began hurling missiles towards officers during a confrontation in the Infirmary Fields area.

Although Bashir was questioned about the throwing of two stones, the Recorder of Bradford, Judge Stephen Gullick, said he had viewed the video evidence and had concluded that it was the same incident viewed from the ground and the air.

Bashir, who had no previous convictions for violence, was only involved in the trouble for about 15 minutes and Judge Gullick said he was satisfied he had not taken part in the more serious violence later that night.

Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday how Bashir's photograph was published in the Telegraph & Argus in April and he handed himself in to police the next day.

At a police interview he admitted throwing the stone and conceded that it had been "totally stupid''.

Prosecutor Nikki Peers said Bashir told officers he had made a mistake and was ashamed of what he had done.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder when he appeared before the city's magistrates and they committed him to the crown court for sentence yesterday.

Barrister Rukhsanda Hussain, for Bashir, said he came from a respectable family and he handed in various letters to the judge including one from a magistrate.

Judge Gullick said it was clear he came from a respectable and caring family and the letters all spoke highly of him, but the offence was so serious that only custody could be justified for it.

Meanwhile, magistrates locked up a 16-year-old rioter despite being told he was the sole carer for his chronically-ill mother.

The teenager's solicitor, Tariq Hussain, urged the justices to pass a non-custodial sentence and he confirmed after the hearing that they would be considering an appeal against the 18-month detention and training order.

The youth, who was only 15 at the time of the rioting last July, handed himself in to police after his photograph was published in February.

Although video evidence only showed him throwing two missiles towards officers he admitted that he could have hurled up to four. He also confessed to having been handed a petrol bomb at one stage, but said he had given it back to another rioter.

The boy, who pleaded guilty to the riot charge back in May, was of previous good character, according to Mr Hussain, and in the 12 months since the offence there had been no reoffending.

The magistrates were handed a fax from a doctor which confirmed that the boy's mother suffered various problems including chronic osteo-arthritis.