A man who pointed a fake gun at a woman as his co-offender told him to "shoot her" in a failed robbery attempt at a north Canberra petrol station has been jailed.
Jack Colin Ford, 20, pleaded guilty to offences including aggravated robbery, attempted aggravated robbery, fraud and stealing a motor vehicle stemming from random attacks in December 2015.
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Ford was with a co-offender, Kaine Lock, 20, when the pair, clad in dark clothes and balaclavas, ran towards the woman as she walked back to her car at 7-Eleven in Melba on December 30.
Ford aimed the replica pistol at her as Lock pressed a knife into her shoulder and demanded she hand over her wallet.
When she refused, the men fled to the doors of the service station and Ford banged on the glass with the butt of the gun before they ran towards Melba shops.
The pair ran up to a white Toyota Camry, banging on the windows as they yelled at the male driver to get out.
They pointed knives at the man as they shouted, "Where's your wallet? Do you want to get stabbed?", before the pair got in his car and drove away.
Ford and Lock later used the men's bank cards to buy alcohol, cigarettes and instant scratchies.
Police later seized the abandoned car, which had a red stripe painted down the side and wheel rims coloured gold, in Giralang.
Lock was sentenced last October to more than four years imprisonment for the Melba offences and a separate violent incident at Nicholls.
In a separate incident, Ford had armed himself with a knife and donned dark clothing, a balaclava and a pair of pink rubber gloves before he and a co-offender tried to walk into 7-Eleven at Giralang on December 19.
When the doors wouldn't open, they walked away and approached a nearby taxi, banging on the windows as they told the driver to hand over his money or they would shoot him.
They fled with about $300 cash.
Police found the pink gloves nearby and forensic analysis linked DNA found on the item to Ford.
He later denied any involvement and told police someone must have broken into his house and stolen the gloves.
In sentencing Ford on Monday, Justice John Burns said Ford's victims had been vulnerable.
While the pistol used in the Melba attack was a replica, the woman could have not known that and it must have been frightening for her.
Ford had told a pre-sentence report author he was ashamed of his behaviour and aware of the impact it would have had on his victims, the court was told.
Justice Burns noted the offender was young and his criminal history was minimal and said help for Ford's illicit drug use would improve his prospects of rehabilitation considerably.
He sentenced Ford to four years and seven months imprisonment, with a non-parole period of two years and four months.
Ford will be eligible for release in June 2018.