A 25-year-old man has been jailed for his part in a gang attack on a man outside a Keighley nightclub.

Mohammed Rasab was among a group of men who launched an attack on Daniel Donnelly during an early hours incident near to the K2 nightclub last May.

Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday how a group of men in a car had been shouting abusive comments towards some women outside the club, in Church Street, and Mr Donnelly later exchanged words with the occupants of the vehicle.

Prosecutor Niall Carlin said the car was driven away left, but when it returned a group of men got out and Mr Donnelly was dragged into the road.

"Rasab was seen to kick him in the face and stamp on his head while he was lying on the ground," said Mr Carlin.

Mr Donnelly was knocked unconscious in the attack and suffered injuries including a nasty cut to his left eye.

Rasab, of Devonshire Street, Keighley, was identified from CCTV footage and was jailed for 20 months after he admitted a charge of affray.

The defendant looked shocked as Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told him he was going straight to prison.

His barrister Andrew Dallas had urged the judge to suspend any prison sentence after telling the court that Rasab had rebuilt his life after a previous jail sentence and he was due to be married in July.

Mr Dallas said Rasab was employed as a senior kitchen fitter and had jeopardised everything by stupidly getting involved in the incident.

But Judge Durham Hall told Rasab that he had joined in with others who had earlier been trading comments with men and women outside the club.

The judge said the jail sentence included an element of deterrent and added:"I have to deal with this sort of activity on a depressingly regular basis."