A teenager who threw several missiles including a petrol bomb during the Bradford riots has been locked up for 18 months.

The youth was 15 when he became involved in disturbances in the city on the night of July 7 last year.

Police video footage showed him throwing stones and helping to push a car which was later set alight.

Four still photographs, obtained by the police, showed him lighting a petrol bomb and throwing it, prosecutor, Charles Macrae told the city's Youth Court.

The youth, who is now 16, and cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to riot and was sentenced to a detention and training order.

Mr Macrae said the youth surrendered to police after his photograph appeared in the Telegraph & Argus in August.

During several interviews he insisted that he had not thrown missiles at the police, but had retaliated after being struck by a missile thrown by some people in nearby pubs.

He originally denied the offence, but changed his plea on the first day of his trial.

Khadim Al'Hassan, mitigating, said his client was of previous good character, and was "embarrassed, humiliated, and shamed" by what he did that night.

There was no planning or premeditation, and he did not have any malice towards the police.

"He is a British citizen and very proud of it," added Mr Al'Hassan.

"There was no explanation for what he did."

Within days of the riot, he and 11 other volunteers spent six hours helping to clear up the debris-ridden streets on two occasions.

Passing sentence, district Judge David Thomas, told him: "It was a tragedy for this city, it was a tragedy for race relations, it was a tragedy for the police, it was a tragedy for the Asian community and it was a tragedy for you.

"From what I have heard and read, you are not the sort of person one would have expected would have got involved in matters of this nature."