KIAN Harratt is no longer with City.
The club have confirmed that the 20-year-old has returned to Huddersfield with immediate effect.
They had previously announced that Harratt would not be involved in tomorrow’s FA Cup tie with Harrogate following his court conviction for hare coursing earlier this week.
A club statement today said that he has now gone back to Huddersfield.
It added: “Bradford City AFC has been working alongside Harratt's parent club, after reports surfaced concerning the 20-year-old this week.
“The club will be providing no further comment.”
City had high hopes when Harratt was drafted in on loan during the summer.
Having scored in Port Vale’s Wembley win over Mansfield in the play-off final, they beat off the League One club to secure the striker for the season.
But he has not started once in the league - where he has played a total of 120 minutes from five sub appearances.
Harratt marked his card on the opening day when he was sent off after the final whistle for a shove on Doncaster keeper Jonny Mitchell.
Banned for three games, he came off the bench at Colchester and Hartlepool - where he made a lively cameo and set up a goal for Andy Cook to seal a 3-1 win.
Harratt made his first start in the Carabao Cup loss to Blackburn and then scored in the Papa Johns Trophy win over Sheffield Wednesday.
He played City’s next two group games in full but missed a penalty in the shoot-out against Leicester under-21s.
There was also a further issue behind the scenes when Harratt’s dad Wayne went on social media to complain about his lack of involvement in the league.
After Harratt was an unused sub in the draw against Wimbledon, the third game in a row that he had not been on the pitch, his father wrote on Facebook: "Get Kian Harratt home get him home to a place where he belongs."
Hughes urged Harratt to bide his time for his chance to come. But his outing in the 4-0 Trophy defeat to Burton would be his final one in City colours.
The club were unaware of the court case that was hanging over him following the daytime-poaching incident in East Yorkshire in April.
Harratt was fined £830 and ordered to pay £150 in costs and a victim surcharge of £83 after appearing at Beverley magistrates.
Rural Task Force Sergeant Kevin Jones said: “This conviction shows that the Rural Task Force will deal strongly with those offenders that visit our Force area to commit hare coursing offences.
"We will not tolerate the barbaric act of hare coursing, not only causing unimaginable suffering to our wildlife but also causing issues for local landowners who are often the subject of antisocial behaviour and damage to their land and property."
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