Robbers laughed as they filmed victim and ordered him to remove clothing in 'humiliating' attack in Leeds city centre

Cameron Cleary and Kiam Dixon were caught after police found mobile footage of the incident in which they laughed at their two victims after making threats to stab them.

Leeds Crown Court heard the incident took place on Crown Street, near to the Corn Exchange, on October 11 last year.

Cleary and Dixon were part of a gang of four who targeted two male victims outside a takeaway around 9pm.

One of the group grabbed one of the victims, pushed him up against a wall and told him to take off his shoes.

When he refused to take off the shoes he was asked if he 'wanted to get stabbed'.

The attacker then began to unzip a bag he was carrying and the victim removed his shoes as he feared a weapon was going to be produced.

The victim was then ordered to hand over his jacket and his bag which contained cash and bank cards.

The second victim was robbed of his bag after being being told he would be stabbed unless he handed it over.

When the footage was recovered it showed the group laughing as the victims walked away after the attack.

Cleary attempted to use one of the bank cards from the robbery at a shop minutes later.

CCTV footage from the store showed the defendant wearing a red jacket similar to the one taken from the victim.

An attempt was made to buy a bottle of vodka from the store but the bank card was declined.

Cleary, of Jack Lane, Hunslet, and Dixon, of Whitehall Court, Wortley, were identified by the victims at an identification procedure.

Cleary continued to deny any involvement and challenged police officers to find CCTV footage of him using the stolen back card.

Both defendants pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery.

The court heard both defendants are now 18 but were aged 17 at the time of the incident

Kara Frith, for Clearly, said her client now accepted his involvement in the the offences and that he wore the victim's jacket after the robbery.

Ms Frith said Cleary was sorry for what he had done, has no previous convictions and became involved due to peer pressure.

Michael Walsh, for Dixon, said his client had a job to go to if he was not sent immediately to custody.

Both defendants were made the subject of a 12-month community order and an electronically-monitored curfew for three months.

The pair must also completed a 21-day programme designed to address their offending plus nine rehabilitation activity requirement days