A YOUTH given community punishment after a fight in which three men were attacked has been given another chance to complete it.

Gavin Ledger, 18, was given 120 hours of work last August but had only done one hour -- and that was when he turned up for assessment, Burnley Crown Court heard.

Ledger, who was last week sentenced to six months detention by magistrates, for two counts of driving with excess alcohol and driving while disqualified, escaped a extra term, even though a judge said his "appalling behaviour," had deserved it.

Recorder Angela Nield told the defendant she did not think adding to his jail term by only a short period was a sufficient punishment and he should do the work as soon as he was released in October.

She extended the 120-hour order and added Ledger's "feet would not touch the ground," if he did not do it.

The judge warned the defendant: "You are being watched."

Ledger, of Conway Crescent, Barnoldswick, had appeared for breach of the order imposed after he was convicted of violent disorder.

Nick Kennedy, prosecuting for the probation service, said the victims had been in a group walking past the Ledger family home in Barnoldswick.

The defendant was standing outside with others, things were said between the two groups and Ledger and his party chased after the other youths armed with a variety of weapons, including baseball bats, cricket bats and an iron bar.

John Woodward, for Ledger, said the defendant did not comply with the community punishment order as it had been transferred to Leeds where he had been living.

Ledger had fallen out with the person he was living with, was homeless and living on the streets. He knew there was a warrant outstanding for him and that if he complied with the order he would be arrested.

Mr Woodward said Ledger was now living back home and on his release had work awaiting him at a slaughterhouse.