Declan Pendlebury, of Warwick Avenue in Newton-le-Willows, aged 21 (Image: Merseyside Police)

A teenager Googled "how many years in jail for attempted murder?" after his friend viciously hacked at a 14-year-old boy with a machete. Declan Pendlebury and Robin Singh played video games and ate a takeaway together before donning balaclavas and heading out in an Uber.

They were then said to have hunted for potential targets from a "rival area" in a park before attacking their entirely innocent victim, who had been playing football with his brother and friends. While the knife-wielding thug has since absconded and remains at large, his accomplice was today locked up for nearly two decades after being found guilty of attempted murder.

Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Monday, that

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