Ben Adam Cairns, 36, was among three balaclava wearing men who, with a gunman, burst into a house off Leeman Road, York. All four attacked a man inside and the gunman fired his gun twice and pistol whipped the victim, York Crown Court heard last June.
The victim was left with a bleed on the head and other injuries. The gun was an imitation firearm loaded with blanks.
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