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Granddad called 'nonce' jailed for life after stabbing tormentor outside Aldi
jailed for life after stabbing a man who kept calling him a "nonce" outside an Aldi.Mark Pearson, 47, was found guilty of attempted murder after unleashing the "frenzied" attack on Michael Inwood in front of horrified shoppers.He furiously stabbed his victim eight times including in the neck, heart and lung with a lock knife in Spennymoor, Co Durham, on September 9 last year.Newcastle Crown Court heard how Mr Inwood suffered "life-changing" injuries after repeatedly calling Perason a "nonce" and a "paedophile" for two years.Pearson, of no fixed abode, denied trying to kill Mr Inwood, but a jury convicted him of attempted murder and being in possession of an offensive weapon at trial.Judge Paul Sloan QC said that the stabbing was "totally