A KEIGHLEY man who attacked two people in a pub with a piece of wood has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Prosecutor Kristina Goodwin told Bradford Crown Court that Lewis Parkinson and his late brother Dale were caught on CCTV attacking two men in the Midland Hotel, Ilkley, on January 22, 2022.

One victim was seen being hit over the head several times with the wooden arm of a chair.

He later recalled being taken by ambulance to Airedale Hospital having suffered a wound to his scalp, which was glued, and a 6cm jagged wound to the bridge of his nose, which required stitches.

The second victim, who intervened, was seen being punched by Dale Parkinson and then hit by Lewis Parkinson using the chair arm. He suffered a wound to the left side of his head.

At 2am on September 11, 2023, Parkinson stole a Mercedes GLA from an address in Ilkley. It was later recovered bearing false plates on which his fingerprints were found.

The car was also featured on videos uploaded to a TikTok account linked to Parkinson's mobile phone.

Just after 3am on November 1, 2023, Parkinson burgled a house in Ilkley and stole keys, a laptop, a Tommy Hilfiger backpack, and a Louis Vuitton wallet containing bank cards which he used 25 minutes later at a nearby petrol station.

After initially denying burglary, fraud and handling stolen goods, Parkinson later pleaded guilty. He had previously pleaded guilty to the section 20 wounding offences.

The court heard that Parkinson, 22, of Cedar Street, who appeared via video link from HMP Leeds, had several previous convictions.

Mitigating for Parkinson, Emma Handley said his life had "spiralled" after dealing with upsetting events such as the death of his eldest brother in 2020, and the suicide of Dale Parkinson in February, 2023.

She said the deaths had had a lasting effect on him and impacted his mental stability, which meant he had been susceptible to influence from "negative peers".

She added: "He is very much susceptible to the pressures of other people.

"Those people, particularly one individual, has threatened him and his family."

Taking note of the combined offences, Recorder Anthony Hawks said: "That sort of offending has got to result in an immediate sentence of imprisonment."

He sentenced Parkinson to a total of two-and-a-half years in jail and said he would serve half before being released on licence.