A 20-year old has pleaded guilty to two offences of Section 18 wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Rohaan Akthar, of no fixed address, admitted the Section 18 woundings in relation to large scale disorder in Sackville Street on July 21, which left five people in hospital with stab or slash wounds.

Akhtar, appearing over video link from HMP Doncaster before the Recorder of Bradford Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC, also pleaded guilty to violent disorder and possession of a bladed article in public.

He pleaded not guilty to two counts of Section 20 woundings without intent.

Akhtar will next be up at Bradford Crown Court to be sentenced on Monday, September 16.

The early hours disorder started at 3.30am inside the Village nightclub when an altercation broke out, before spilling out into Sackville Street and onto Westgate.

Five people were injured and two suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.