A 21-year-old Keighley man has been jailed for five years for his part in the Bradford riots.

Shahanwaz Khan was filmed throwing missiles at police lines nine times during a four-hour period.

Video footage of his involvement in last July's violent scenes was shown during a hearing at Bradford Crown Court yesterday, and Khan could be seen on one occasion hurling an object from point blank range towards the camera.

The court heard that Khan, of Cliffe Street, had come across the disturbance while visiting his girlfriend and had been goaded into getting involved after misleading information circulated about National Front members assaulting Asian women.

Barrister Abdul Iqbal, for Khan, said they were told that the NF supporters were behind the police lines and it was at that stage that he joined in throwing missiles with others.

The court heard that Khan, who had no previous convictions and worked in a pet store, was arrested at his home a month after his photograph was published in the press, and he maintained during police interviews that he was not the man shown in the video.

It was only last month that Khan pleaded guilty to the riot charge, and Mr Iqbal said he now accepted full responsibility for his behaviour and regretted it.

Mr Iqbal revealed that Khan's teenage girlfriend had given birth to their daughter four months ago, and he realised he would miss that youngster's early childhood.

He said Khan accepted he had been "hot-headed'', but he urged Judge Stephen Gullick to accept he had acted uncharacteristically.

The judge told Khan that he had been among a very hostile crowd who were throwing stones and added: "You are to be seen at one point hugging apparently another rioter -- jumping up and down, apparently by way of celebration.''

He said Khan's sentence could not be reduced by as much as other similar defendants' because he did not admit what he had done at an early stage.

Judge Gullick noted that Khan's girlfriend was somewhat vulnerable, and his family would also have to endure the sentence he would serve.

"Today is thus a very sad day for them as they endure the shame that your totally irrational and irresponsible behaviour has inflicted upon them,'' he added.