A Keighley man who brandished a Samurai sword during an early-hours confrontation outside a nightclub has been jailed for 15 months.

During a hearing at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday, Judge Geoffrey Marson QC was shown CCTV footage of the disturbance, which took place outside the Revolution club in Bradford 14 months ago.

The footage showed an unidentified woman trying to break up an argument before 24-year-old Abid Hussain and three friends walked off towards their Lexus car parked nearby.

The quartet was filmed taking various weapons from the vehicle before returning to the group of people outside the nightclub.

Hussain, who was heavily in drink, brandished the sword during a further exchange before the men went back to the car.

When police officers arrived on the scene, 26-year-old Banaras Alam and his teenage brother Amer were both arrested.

Inquiries into the incident led to the arrest of 26-year-old Changase Vilayat later that day.

Hussain was detained about a week later.

Back in April all four defendants pleaded guilty to offences arising out of the disturbance.

Hussain, of Spencer Street, Keighley, pleaded guilty to a charge of affray while Banaras Alam, of Moorview Way, Skipton, admitted threatening behaviour and possessing a snooker cue handle as an offensive weapon.

Amer Alam -- now 20 -- of Midland Street, Skipton, also admitted threatening behaviour and possessing a bottle as an offensive weapon.

Vilayat, of Aireview House, Skipton, pleaded guilty to possessing an axe as an offensive weapon.

Banaras Alam and Vilayat were both jailed for 12 months, but Amer Alam -- who had no previous convictions -- was ordered to do 200 hours community service work.

Barristers for all four men highlighted the fact that no actual violence was used during the incident, but Judge Marson QC told the men: "There was absolutely no need to arm yourselves. No justification for it.

"You had moved away, well away, from the club.

"You were under absolutely no threat from anyone. You could simply have driven away."

The court heard that Banaras Alam and Vilayat had concealed their weapons before going back towards the nightclub and neither of them was brandished.

Judge Marson QC described the sword waved around by Hussain as a "dreadful weapon" and said it must have caused considerable fear to those who saw him with it.

He said it was accepted that the other three defendants had hung back, but the courts had to deter people who were prepared to arm themselves with weapons.