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This is the moment a man aimed a flying kick at a homeless person before his friends kicked and stamped on him as he lay on the floor.

Abdifathi Ibrahim, 20, was among a group of men and youths who spotted the victim against a wall near McDonald's in Horsefair, Bristol city centre.

CCTV picked up the moment Abdifathi Ibrahim ran at him with a flying kick, propelling himself off a litter bin, before his three friends attacked the man on the floor.

You can watch footage of the attack at the top of this page.

Ibrahim, of Halston Drive in St Pauls, was yesterday (February 20) jailed for four and a half years by Judge Euan Ambrose at Bristol Crown Court.

He had pleaded guilty the affray, which happened on March 4 last year. A man and two youths have been dealt with separately.

Ibrahim also admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, between March 20 and 24 last year, and affray on April 10.

James Haskell, prosecuting, said Ibrahim and his friends attacked the vulnerable man and it was luck more than judgement he was not seriously hurt.

He said: "Mr Ibrahim and his friends then walked off almost celebrating what had just taken place.

"A witness called the police and Mr Ibrahim was arrested on August 21 last year."

Bristol Crown Court heard just three weeks later Ibrahim admitted assaulting Khalid Dahir within a prolonged number of days at Baptist Mills Court, also known as the J3 building.

In that incident Mr Dahir was subjected to a sustained assault and didn't feel able to leave.

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The court heard he eventually managed to get out and a passing friend drove him away.

Ibrahim admitted an affray at Baptist Mills Court, the court heard.

Mr Haskell said that after a man declined to buy crack cocaine from him, and was angry at the offer, Ibrahim told him: "I will get my Muslim friends down here to deal with you."

The court heard Ibrahim revealed a knife and chased after the man and his family - banging and kicking at their flat door.

Police were called in and Ibrahim was arrested again.

Edward Hetherington, defending, said his client offended around the second anniversary of his mum's death.

Mr Hetherington said: "He sought solace in initially drink and then, very quickly, drugs."