A JUDGE has jailed a 28-year-old man for 18 months after watching graphic CCTV footage of a violent attack in Huddersfield town centre.

Thomas Muff was left with a fractured left ankle, bruising to his head and a chipped tooth after the attack in King Street seven months ago.

Craig Gledhill, of Sandene Avenue, Crosland Moor, was jailed after he admitted charges of affray and inflicting grievous bodily harm on Mr Muff.

He could be seen on CCTV footage kicking Mr Muff and another man on the ground.

He later struggled violently with police officers who arrested him in Kirkgate.

Christopher Boltwood, 23, of Roundway, Honley, was caught on camera hitting Mr Muff with one of his crutches.

Bradford Crown Court heard that Gledhill and others had gone out that night in an effort to cheer up Boltwood, who was on crutches because of a serious leg injury resulting from a motorcycle accident.

Barrister Alasdair Campbell, for Boltwood, told the court that his client’s broken leg had not healed properly and he had undergone various operations.

Gledhill’s barrister Jayne Beckett said Boltwood had been told there was a chance his right leg would have to be amputated.

She said there had been an altercation between two sides in a club and Gledhill had responded to threats made towards Boltwood.

Mrs Beckett said: “The video speaks for itself and the defendant is aware of that.

“There is no way I can do anything other than accept it contains an appalling picture of events on the night in question.”

Gledhill, who had drunk 10 pints of lager, was not used to drinking that amount and was not a violent man.

Mrs Beckett said he wanted to apologise to those who had suffered at his hands.

Judge Scott Wolstenholme was told that Boltwood faced a further operation on his leg and would face intensive treatment afterwards.

Boltwood deserved to go to prison for nine months for his limited part in the attack, but he decided to suspend that jail term for two years.

Boltwood, who admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm, will also be subject to an electronically monitored curfew between 8pm and 6am every night for six months and probation service supervision for a year.

Jailing Gledhill Judge Wolstenholme said:“It is important that the message goes out that young men who get involved in alcohol-fuelled violence in the street lose their liberty, particularly were serious injury is caused.”