A MAN was badly hurt when he was attacked with a machete moments after winning £1,000 on a slot machine.
David Michael Green, 22, and Paul Snowley, 21, attacked Dillman Masar as he left William Hill bookmakers in Holderness Road, east Hull.
Snowley had watched Mr Masar win £1,000 on the machine and told Green, who then armed himself with a machete.
The pair approached Mr Masar as he left. Green swung at Mr Masar with the machete, who held up his hands to protect himself.
The blows caused serious cuts to his hands.
The pair demanded he hand over his winnings but Mr Masar refused and they made off.
He was left with a 4cm wound to his wrist and was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary for treatment following the attack, at about 9.30pm on October 24.
In a victim impact statement read to Hull Crown Court, Mr Masar said: "I don't know if I will get full use of my hand again. I get waves of pain through my hand.
"I have had difficulty sleeping. The attack has had a huge impact on me.
"I am unable to do the simplest of tasks, such as shaving or eating a meal. I would not wish this on anyone."
The pair pleaded guilty to attempted robbery.
The Honorary Recorder of Hull and the East Riding, Judge Michael Mettyear has jailed Green, of no fixed address, for four years and Snowley, of Mersey Street, east Hull, for 18 months.
Green has 39 previous convictions, including for dishonesty and affray.
His barrister Richard Thompson said: "He started taking drugs and found himself in debt and committed these offences.
"The incident did not involve a significant degree if planning, it was opportunistic to a degree but he ultimately accepts having possessing of the weapon."
Snowley has committed eight previous offences for violent behaviour and destroying property.
Judge Mettyear told them: "Green, you were the prime mover. You were the one who accepted carrying out the attempted robbery on this poor, unfortunate man who no doubt thought he was lucky to win some money.
"This good luck disappeared when you attacked him so vigorously and mercilessly.
"He got this horrific injury and bled so badly and his suffering continues. It was an awful attack. He did not deserve it.
"It was, to an extent, planned because you believed he had a large sum of money.
"You obtained a weapon and attacked him.This was a bad attack in my judgment.
"Snowley, your part was serious too.
"You set it up and gave Green the information to him to act in the way that he did."
Green was ordered to pay a £120 victims' surcharge and Snowley was ordered to pay £100.
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