A calculating teen lured a student into an alleyway before his machete-wielding friend launched an attack.
Jake Burlison, 18, and Gareth Stephenson, 19, came up with a "co-ordinated plan" and waited for a victim on Darlington Back Lane, Stockton, Teesside Live reported.
Stephenson who was 18 at the time of the offence wielded a "large machete" during the attempted robbery.
He threatened the victim by saying 'I'm going to stab you' as he swing the "potentially lethal" weapon towards him.
The victim feels "very lucky to be alive" and suffers with flashbacks and nightmares following the incident, Teeside Crown Court heard.
The pair appeared in the dock at the Middlesbrough court on Thursday for sentencing.
Prosecutor Shaun Dodds told how it was just after 9.30pm on Friday, July 24, last year, when a student drove to a convenience store on Darlington Back Lane.
The complainant drove drown an alleyway and saw a male, who is now known to be Burlison.
The second male, Stephenson, then appeared in the alleyway which is "dead end for vehicles" but had a path for pedestrians.
Mr Dodds said Stephenson produced a "large machete" and "struck" the passenger window causing it to shatter.
The complainant got out of his vehicle to see what was going on when Stephenson shouted 'give me the stuff and the money', the court heard.
"He swung the machete in a chopping motion" and was "jumping around", Mr Dodds added.
Mr Dodds told how Stephenson also threatened the victim stating: 'I'm going to stab you.'
The teen stabbed the victim in his leg which caused an injury to his calf requiring hospital treatment and steri strips.
Following the attack, the driver attempted to photograph Stephenson who "put his hood up to obscure his identification".
The victim then fled the scene and "flagged down a passing police patrol car" and reported the incident.
Mr Dodds highlighted how CCTV footage shows both defendants "lying in wait for a victim" in the "co-ordinated plan".
The court heard how Stephenson and Burlison were both identified during identity procedures.
A machete and an axe were also recovered from Stephenson's home address on Dunston Road, Stockton.
Burlison was also charged with producing a controlled drug of class B on August 7, last year, after a "small cannabis grow" was recovered at his home.
The duo previously pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and possessing an offensive weapon.
In a victim personal statement, read aloud to the court, the Teesside University student said the incident had "greatly affected" his life and he is now "unable to sleep at night".
He has "flashbacks and nightmares" as his "life has taken a complete u-turn".
The football coach said: "I'm not the person I used to be" and is "very lucky to be alive".
Paul Green, defending Stephenson, said his client has gone through a number of "difficulties" and "struggled with mental health".
He added that he was 18-years-old at the time of the offence and is "remorseful of his behaviour".
Similarly, Nicci Horton, defending Burlison, told how the defendant entered a guilty plea one-month after his 18th birthday.
Before sentencing, Recorder Bryan Cox QC said: "This was sadly a co-ordinated plan in which you both fully participated.
"It involved Burlison luring the victim into an alleyway so that he could be attacked.
"You Mr Stephenson produced a large and potentially lethal machete and used it to strike and smash the victim's car and when he got out to enquire what on earth was going on you swung the machete towards him causing him to step back in considerable fear.
"You brandished the machete in a chopping motion."
He told how Burlison had no previous convictions and Stephenson had three convictions.
At the time of the offences, Burlison was 17-years-old and Stephenson 18-years-old.
Recorder Cox QC added that he would "discount sentences substantially" due to the defendants' ages.
For the "major part in offences", Stephenson was sentenced to four years behind bars.
And due to his "lesser role" Burlison, of Droitwich Avenue, Stockton, was locked up for three years.
