'I thought I was dying on doorstep'

They were warned they face lengthy jail-term when they are sentenced next month.

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Ryan Brown was one of the gang’s victims having been attacked near his home in the capital’s Pilton on January 5, 2023.

The 30-year-old was walking to a friend’s house when a car raced up and a machete wielding assailant “casually” got out to strike him.

Brown recalled trying to fend off the blows as the weapon was wildly swung at him.

He shouted at the balaclava-clad attacker: “What are you doing, mate?” — but the thug remained silent. Mr Brown slumped to the ground in agony.

He told prosecutor John Keenan KC: “I remember screaming and everyone running over.

“My hand was literally hanging off. I thought I was dying on the doorstep.”