A 23-year-old man who taunted the police to fight him during the Bradford riots has been jailed for 28 days.

Aftab Wahid became the first person to be jailed in connection with the disturbances after magistrates told him that violent clashes in the city would not be tolerated.

Sentencing him, chairman of the bench Peter Holmes said: "You are a Bradfordian - you should be proud of your city."

He added: "Riots will not be tolerated in this city. This is as much my city as it is yours."

Wahid's solicitor Javed Arshad immediately gave notice of an appeal against the sentence which is likely to be heard at Bradford Crown Court next month.

An application for bail was turned down by the magistrates, pending the outcome of the appeal.

The court was told that Wahid swore at a police officer and threatened to have a fight with him in Tyrrell Street in the city centre during the early evening after violence broke out in the area.

Prosecutor Louise McCallum described how police officers were approached by a group of Asian youths.

Wahid went to one of the officers in an 'aggressive manner' and told him that he hated all of them.

When he was told to leave the area, he raised his arms and said to the officer: "Come on - fight me".

Miss McCallum said Wahid was then 'dragged' to a police van, handcuffed and taken away from the scene.

Wahid, of Dorset Street, Little Horton, pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour.

Mitigating, Mr Arshad told the court that his client was making his way to a pub when he was met by a line of police officers.

Wahid claimed he was told to go away before officers began to push towards him with their shields.

Mr Arshad said Wahid did use threatening or abusive words towards the officer but he denied resisting arrest.

He added that Wahid regretted what he did and apologised for his behaviour on that day.