Man jailed following group fight after protest

Nadim Hussain has been jailed for 14 months

A man from Leeds has been jailed for his part in a fight following a protest.

Nadim Hussain, 24, of Greenhow Road, was jailed for 14 months at Leeds Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to affray in Leeds city centre on August 3.

Hussain was involved in a fight between English Defence League (EDL) protesters and another group who had attended a counter demonstration.

He was jailed for 14 months and given a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order.

The groups clashed on Great George Street, near the Be At One bar, following the demonstrations outside Leeds Art Gallery.

At a previous hearing related to the incident, it was claimed a fight started after racist insults were hurled at the counter demonstrators.

West Yorkshire Police's assistant chief constable Carl Galvin said Hussain's sentence "reinforces the position that there is simply no place for disorderly and violent behaviour in our communities".

He added: “West Yorkshire Police continues to use all the investigative tools available to us to bring those involved in the incidents we saw earlier this month to justice."

Two other men appeared at Leeds Magistrates' Court earlier over their involvement in disorder in West Yorkshire.

Anthony Levitt, 67, of Naburn Court, Whinmoor, Leeds, was fined a total of £197 at Leeds Magistrates Court for being drunk and disorderly in a public place in relation to the recent unrest.

Kaden Smith, 19 and from Manchester, was committed to Leeds Crown Court on Friday for sentencing after being charged with assaulting an emergency worker.

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