A YOUNG man who was involved in a fight on the same night a teen died from a stabbing has been sentenced.

Uwais Akhlaq, of Chellow Dene View in Heaton, had already been convicted of affray and possessing an offensive weapon on Duckworth Lane on April 22, 2021 - the night a 19-year-old was killed.

Later that year, Hashim Sajjad was found not guilty of murdering Muhammed Mujahid Hussain who he stabbed.

Prosecuting, Julian Jones told the court Akhlaq was involved in a fight with another male outside a tea shop on Duckworth Lane that night.

Soon after, the court heard that CCTV used in a previous trial, where Akhlaq was acquitted of violent disorder, showed him being dragged out of his car and beaten up.

In relation to the offensive weapon Akhlaq picked up from his home that night, Judge Jonathan Rose rejected Akhlaq's thought that it was a "piece of rubbish".

Instead, he thought it was "probably a metal pipe or tube".

Akhlaq was also sentenced for disobeying a community order in relation to a dangerous driving conviction.

The defendant was 17 when he got behind the wheel of a Seat Leon in the early hours of August 15, 2020.

Akhlaq was seen by the police at 3am in a vehicle reported as earlier failing to stop.

Prosecutor Julian Jones told Bradford Crown Court that Akhlaq accelerated off with passengers onboard reaching 90mph in a 30 zone on Keighley Road and running red lights at 70mph on Manningham Lane.

He lost control of the car on Green Lane and crashed into railings.

Akhlaq and his passengers fled from the car before being detained by police and arrested.

He was sentenced for dangerous driving and failure to stop for police offences on June 30, 2021.

Akhlaq received a community order and was disqualified from driving for 30 months.

This did not stop him from taking to the wheel of a Vauxhall Astra along Bradford Road, Liversedge at 11.30am on February 27, of last year.

Police stopped the vehicle as it was turning onto Carr Street where Akhlaq admitted to not having a licence or insurance.

Akhlaq's mitigation made mention of his age and difficult youth.

The court heard how he had been exposed to domestic violence and lost his mother at 11.

Defending counsel said this had a devastating impact on him, suffering from mental health issues ever since.

Akhlaq was sentenced to a total of 11 months at Bradford Crown Court on Friday, December 1.