A man was pursued with a garden fork and a pickaxe was brandished in a violent skirmish outside a Bradford supermarket.

The fighting in daylight by the Co-op store in Allerton Road stemmed from a row about a dog, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday.

CCTV footage of the fighting was played in court, showing Kamran Hussain chasing Qasim Ahmed with the fork across the supermarket car park before a second eruption of trouble minutes later.

Prosecutor Richard Gioserano said no-one called the police to report the trouble, more than two years ago, at around 4pm on May 21, 2010.

Hussain, 28, of Grape Street, Allerton, Bradford, and Mohammed Ali Khan, 23, of Haslington Drive, Heaton , Bradford, pleaded guilty to affray.

Zahir Iqbal, 30, of Sherwell Rise, Allerton, admitted possession of the pickaxe as an offensive weapon.

A fourth defendant, Amar Zaman, 28, of Hartman Place, Manningham , Bradford, was present during the violence but did not commit any offence.

He was sentenced for an unconnected road rage assault on June 29, 2010, and a separate but linked affray on July 8, 2010.

Mr Gioserano said trouble flared at the Co-op after Hussain was wrongly accused of stealing a dog by Qasim Ahmed and the two arranged to meet to sort out the problem.

Hussain chased unarmed Mr Ahmed, who had arrived alone, with the garden fork. Mr Ahmed then called Khan to come and help him.

Khan at first played the role of peacemaker but then punched Hussain once. Hussain’s friend, Iqbal, then fetched the pickaxe from a vehicle but did not use it or get involved.

Zaman pleaded guilty to causing motorist Christopher Wilkinson actual bodily harm after following him home in a road rage incident. As they fought, Zaman’s friend struck Mr Wilkinson twice to the face with a hammer.

The court heard that the second affray was linked to the first. Zaman and others attacked Hussain’s brother, Usman, punching and kicking him. The violence was stopped by passing firefighters.

The court heard Zaman had since been seriously assaulted and his car rammed by others involved in the dispute. He was jailed for eight months.

Hussain was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, Iqbal 120 hours and Khan 90 hours.