TWO brutal thugs who left a motorist for dead after launching a horrific attack on him have been jailed for 17 years.

Alan Clark, 20, and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, dragged council worker Robert Campbell from his car before viciously assaulting him.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Mr Campbell was set upon after driving into the wrong street in Glasgow's west end.

He repeatedly punched and kicked and stabbed him seven times during the assault.

One of the stab wounds pierced an artery close to Mr Campbell's heart and his life was saved because police drove him straight to hospital in their van. If they had waited for an ambulance to arrive he could have died.

Judge Lord Armstrong ordered Clark be given eight years detention.

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named due to a recent piece of Scottish government legislation, was ordered to serve nine years.

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Lord Armstrong told the pair: "This was a brutal and excessively violent, sustained attack perpetrated with weapons on an unarmed man.

"You inflicted seven stab wounds to Robert Campbell's chest and upper body. One deep wound severed a major artery.

"This was a cowardly and senseless but ferocious and murderous attack. The clear evidence was that, without medical intervention, your victim would have died."

The story emerged following a trial which was heard at the High Court in Glasgow last month.

At earlier proceedings, a jury convicted Clark and the 17-year-old of attempting to murder 32-year-old Mr Campbell in Speirshall Terrace, Glasgow, on June 1, 2014, while acting with others.

As Clark was found guilty he began to bawl and shout at the jury and tore off his suit jacket and threw it down. Some jurors looked shell-shocked as Clark screamed "It's a miscarriage of justice."

He was taken down to the cells and the rest of the proceedings were held in his absence.

The court heard how Mr Campbell was returning home at 1.30am after watching the Carl Froch v George Groves boxing match at a friend's home in Broomhill.

He took a wrong turning and ended up in Spiershall Terrace. As Mr Campbell drove to the top of the street to turn his Vauxhall Astra car was hit with something.

Mr Campbell told the court he left the keys in the ignition, got out and walked round the car to see if there was any damage.

As he got back in the car he realised the keys had been taken out the ignition.

In evidence he said: "They just attacked me. I was in the driver's seat and they pulled me out.

"I was punched and kicked. There were about three of them at my driver's door. I was getting struck all over my face and body."

He was asked if he had tried to defend himself and replied: "There was nothing I could do. "

He added: "They dragged me out. My face was burst open, my teeth were broken and I was bleeding all over.

"There were three people around the driver's door and there were other people in the street.

"I managed to get to my feet and tried to run away towards Kelso Street,. I didn't realise I have been stabbed and I fell because my lung had collapsed."

Mr Campbell said when he opened his eyes again he saw police and asked them: "Am I going to die?"

He added: "When I woke up again I was in a trauma unit in the hospital."

Both accused denied the charge against them.