THREE men have been sentenced for an attack on Bradford’s Killinghall Road in which their victim was bundled into a car and driven off.

Alarebiy Abdullah, Mohammed Ali and Adnan Iqbal were originally charged with kidnap and had spent six months’ in custody on remand, Bradford Crown Court heard today.

Each had pleaded guilty to the lesser alternative offence of affray which was acceptable to the Crown, prosecutor Gareth Henderson-Moore said.

The court heard that Ali, 20, of Silverhill Drive, Bradford Moor, Bradford, accused the victim of owing him money.

Abdullah, 21, of Flaxton Green, Fagley, Bradford, and Iqbal, 32, of Grange Avenue, Thornbury, Bradford, then joined Ali in an assault on the victim outside Killinghall Road Fisheries on April 1.

Mr Henderson-Moore said the man was kicked and punched in the street in front of people using the parade of shops. He was dragged to a Volkswagen Golf and bundled inside.

One eye-witness was so disturbed by what he had seen that he followed the Golf in his car but lost sight of it.

Mr Henderson-Moore said the offence took place in a busy public area on a Friday afternoon.

Ali was also sentenced for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs in July, 2020, when he was aged 19.

He and an accomplice were stopped by the police and found to have heroin and crack cocaine with them. Their homes were searched and Class A drugs worth a total of £2,717 seized.

Simon Hustler, solicitor advocate for Abdullah, said he had been in custody for six months, the equivalent of serving a 12-month jail sentence.

He was studying engineering at university and this would be his first and last conviction.

Ali had also been in custody on remand for six months and his co-accused in the drugs offences had not been locked up by the judge sentencing him.

Nicholas Leadbeater, for Iqbal, said he had used his time very productively while in prison on remand.

Recorder Tahir Khan KC dealt out sentences that meant all three defendants would be released immediately from custody. Ali was sentenced to a total of 22 months custody, suspended for 18 months, with up to 20 rehabilitation activity days and 200 hours of unpaid work.

Abdullah was sentenced to ten months imprisonment, meaning he will be released im-mediately.

Recorder Khan said he had pleaded guilty to the affray even though the victim did not want to pursue the prosecution.

Iqbal, who had previous convictions that included threatening behaviour, was sen-tenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with 100 hours of unpaid work.