Screams rang out in a Keighley street as a vicous brawl erupted involving balaclava-clad men wielding baseball bats.
Children were among the terrified onlookers as a man was kicked in the head and a car was damaged during the mayhem.
Now, four men involved in the affray almost five years ago have been handed community orders.
The move came after a judge said the passage of time since the incident had had “a significant impact” on the sentencing exercise.
Bradford Crown Court heard how brothers Waqar Ahmed and Hasnain Ahmed arrived on Back Plover Street, near Lawkholme Lane, at around 10pm on July 7, 2021, wearing balaclavas to hide their identities.
Armed with baseball bats, they began smashing up a black Audi A3.
Fighting then broke out with Hasnain Ahmed swinging his baseball bat at a man in the street.
Hasnain Ahmed was detained and his balaclava removed by Nisar Gulzar, who kicked him to the head when he fell to the ground.
The Ahmed brothers then tried to get back to the Mitsubishi Shogun in which they had arrived.
Waqar Ahmed was pushed to the ground by Sohail Gulzar, and Nisar Gulzar again stamped on him and attacked him.
Prosecutor Safaraz Ahad said: “That entire incident goes on for several minutes and most people who are in the area are out in the street. People are screaming and children are present.”
Police were called and the Ahmed brothers were arrested.
The court heard that both had been injured, with Waqas Ahmed suffering broken bones including a fractured eye socket.
The court heard that all four men involved in the incident pleaded guilty to the offence of affray.
Considering all factors, including the time that had gone by, plus discounts, Deputy Circuit Judge Timothy Clayson handed all four men 18-month community orders.
In addition, Waqar Ahmed, now 33 and formerly of Skipton Road, Keighley, was ordered to carry out 125 hours of unpaid work.
Hasnain Ahmed, now 25, of Skipton Road, Keighley, was ordered to carry out 90 days of unpaid work.
Sohail Gulzar, now 33, of Plover Street, Lawkholme, Keighley, was ordered to abide by a 9pm to 6am curfew running until August 31.
Nisar Gulzar, now 50, of Hawthorn Avenue, Hull, was ordered to carry out 70 hours of unpaid work.
Judge Clayson told the foursome: “It was a really serious incident of public disorder at the time, and it’s certainly possible that all of you would have gone to prison had you been convicted in a timely manner, by which I mean 12-18 months of the event having happened.”
He added: “Each of you are essentially decent people. You should just never, ever have got involved in this level of violence particularly you, Ahmed brothers, because you went looking for violence.
“You both came off worse in the end.”
