A rioter was high on alcohol and drugs as he threw stones at police during last summer's disturbances in Bradford, a Court heard.

Philip Brady, 33, drank five pints of beer and took heroin before joining in the violent clashes in the White Abbey Road area of the city last July.

Bradford Crown Court heard how he was caught on video film hurling up to four stones from close range at police over a one-hour period.

He surrendered himself to police last February - six days after his picture was published in the Telegraph & Argus.

The court heard that, when interviewed, he told police he had been drunk at the time and made a silly mistake.

He said he knew he was in the wrong and regretted his part in the incident, adding he had got carried away.

Brady, of Hoylings Road, Thornton, Bradford, was jailed for four years and three months after pleading guilty to riot.

Mitigating, Simon Myers said Brady had been a heroin addict who came across the disturbances as he was making his way home.

He said Brady had been drinking alcohol and taking heroin but could not explain why he became involved.

Mr Myers also told the court that Brady wasted the last eight years of his life on the substance.

But he added that Brady had been free from heroin and was taking steps to conquer the addiction.

Recorder of Bradford, Judge Stephen Gullick, told Brady: "On the day in question, you had taken heroin and also consumed five pints of beer.

"The combination of substances, which you say, affected your behaviour.''

He said Brady gave little or no thought about the effect of his behaviour on others.