A JUDGE has sentenced two men after being shown graphic CCTV footage of violent clashes outside a Huddersfield nightclub a year ago.

The large-scale disturbance took place outside the former Heaven and Hell night-spot last November.

Yesterday 41-year-old Niaz Ahmed and 27-year-old Raouf Mushtaq were sentenced for their part in the clashes.

Prosecutor Jonathon Gibson told Bradford Crown Court how an Asian music event was taking place at the venue and some 900 people were expected to attend.

Crash barriers had been put up outside to help with getting people into the club, but there was a confrontation between door staff and a man who was refused entry because he was dressed "too casual".

The man, who is yet to be sentenced for his part in the violence, left the scene and returned to the front of the queue after getting changed, but Mr Gibson said he was again refused entry because he had earlier spat on door staff.

Recorder Paul Sloan QC was shown CCTV footage of fighting outside the club which left one doorman with a broken leg and another suffering sore ribs after he was hit with one of the crash barriers.

The footage also showed debris being thrown towards the entrance of the club and the disturbance ended only after the security shutters were brought down.

Ahmed, of Balmoral Avenue, Crosland Moor, and Mushtaq, of Arnold Avenue, Birkby, both pleaded guilty to a charge of affray last month.

Ahmed could be seen on the CCTV footage kicking and throwing punches before repeatedly picking up a piece of metal debris and hurling it at the club entrance.

Mushtaq was also caught on film kicking out and flooring one of the door staff with a punch.

The court heard that both men had been drinking excessively that night, but Recorder Sloan said their guilty pleas and personal mitigation meant he could pass two-year community rehabilitation orders on the duo.

Mushtaq, a recently married taxi driver, will also have to attend an enhanced thinking skills programme and pay costs of £194.

Ahmed, who is a single parent with two sons, must take part in a substance-related offending programme as part of his order.

Recorder Sloan said he had taken account of the fact that neither man had instigated the violence.

He told them: "I hope you appreciate in the cold, sober light of day that this was an extremely unpleasant incident.

"It must have caused considerable fear amongst innocent members of the public who had the misfortune to see the events as they unfolded.

"The fact that each of you were the worse for drink that night provides no mitigation whatsoever."