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A knifeman who nearly killed a teenager by stabbing him in a York street has failed in his bid to get his jail term reduced.
Philip Noble, 45, rode off with two other men on bicycles, leaving the 16-year-old on the ground bleeding heavily from a wound to his leg, York Crown Court heard in February.
Paul Mitchell, prosecuting, said one of his companions called to Noble words to the effect “you’ve killed him".
The teenager survived but fears he will never have a normal life again, York Crown Court heard.
Noble, of Field View, Clifton, was jailed for 52 months after he pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and carrying a knife as an offensive weapon.
His 101 previous convictions include several for carrying a knife and many for dishonesty.
He appealed to the Court of Appeal Criminal Division claiming the sentence was too long, but the court rejected his bid.
His sentence remains at four years and four months.
York Crown Court heard in February that at 7.20pm on June 5, a passer-by gestured to people in the street, including a nurse, saying “help him, help him” and took them to the alleyway off Baker Street in Clifton, where the boy was lying.
The nurse gave the teenager a tourniquet and supervised others as they gave the youth CPR, but when he arrived at hospital via an ambulance, he was breathing abnormally, needed five blood transfusions, and doctors described his injury as life-threatening. Surgeons saved his life.
“You are very lucky you didn’t kill this man,” the Recorder of York, Judge Sean Morris, told Noble as he jailed him.
Defence barrister Lily Wildman said: “It is clear that drugs have played a primary part in what happened.”
Noble was a long-time drug addict and had the typical convictions of a drug user.
Since being remanded following his arrest, he had come off drugs and alcohol and hoped to continue that at the end of his sentence.
Mr Mitchell said Noble stabbed the teenager in the femoral artery, a major blood vessel.
In a personal statement, the teenager said he doesn't know whether he will be able to work or live a normal life.
DC James Dykes, of North Yorkshire Police, said: “The consequences of knife crime can be devastating.”