A DRUNKEN gang who brought violence to a Great Harwood pub where a 70th birthday family party was being held are all behind bars.

Burnley Crown Court heard that during the fracas at the Village Inn, innocent victim Keith Riley was kicked, punched and knocked unconscious.

When his friend Craig Ainsworth went to his aid, he tripped and was then set about.

A 60-year-old man ended up hurt, a 12-year-old child was knocked over and a little girl who watched could be seen terrified on CCTV footage.

The six yobs involved - Kamran Younis, 22, Waqas Ahmed, 18, and Faisal Asghar, 18, all of St Hubert's Road, Waqas Hussain, 19, of Revidge Road, Blackburn, and Usman Yakub, 20 and Babber Maqsood, 22, both of St Edmund Street, all Great Harwood - admitted violent disorder.

The hearing had been told how Younis was staggering around and was the most aggressive.

He punched Mr Riley, knocking him out, and then ran away and left him.

Asghar aimed a flying kick at the victim on the ground as he tried to get up and then booted him again — five days after being sentenced for threatening behaviour.

Yakub stamped on Mr Riley as he lay helpless on the ground and threw a chair through the entrance of the pub.

Maqsood had at first been seen pulling his accomplices away from Mr Riley but then joined in.

Hussain and Ahmed also kicked and stamped on defenceless Mr Riley.

Younis was jailed for 18 months, Asghar got 15 months detention, Yakub received 13 months, Hussain and Ahmed were sentenced to a year each and Maqsood got 10 months in prison.

They were all banned from the pub for three years.

Sarah Statham, prosecuting, said the gang had been seen by the police earlier on and had been warned about their rowdy behaviour.