ONE of two men involved in trouble when a doorman was told he would be shot and killed has been jailed for 43 weeks.

Doorman Mr Imtiaz Ahmed had also been told he would be stabbed after a group of men were thrown out of a Burnley nightclub, the town's crown court heard.

Mr Ahmed was said to have been confronted by two men, one of them hooded and the other armed with what he thought were a knife and a cosh.

The man with the blade, Foyzul Hoque, ran off and tried to escape from the police, but was arrested and was found to have a chisel and a tool on him.

The hearing was told Mr Ahmed had believed the pair had returned to the club to carry out their threats and police had immediately been alerted.

Jobless Hoque, who had been drinking, made no comment to questions when quizzed officers. He had earlier been convicted in his absence after a trial before Burnley magistrates, of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour and possessing a bladed article.

The defendant, 20, of Fifth Avenue, Burnley, had then been arrested on warrant and brought before the justices. He was committed in custody to be sentenced at the crown court and was locked up by Judge Graham Knowles, QC.

He was told he had a ‘terrible record for somebody so young’.

The magistrates had earlier heard that in the early hours of April 13, Mr Ahmed was working at Lava and Ignite and ejected a woman and a group of men to prevent further trouble, after they had been arguing.

Mr Ahmed was verbally abused and the pair were aggressive and threatened they would come back and shoot him and were going to ‘stab him up’. The victim notified CCTV operators, police were called and the men moved on.

The hearing was told at about 4.15am, Mr Ahmed was still at work when he saw the two men returning to the club.

One was hooded and kept saying he was going to stab Mr Ahmed and kill him. Mr Ahmed was alarmed and again contacted the CCTV operators.