Benjamin Fitzsimmons attacked 67-year-old Ronald Morris from behind.
A convicted rapist has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he slashed a pensioner's face with a knife after he heard him singing while walking home from the pub.
At Liverpool Crown Court today, it was heard Fitzsimmons breached two suspended sentences when he carried out his attacks - one for possession of a blade, threatening behaviour, racial harassment handed down in December 2022, and one for section 4 public order offences in March 2023. He pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing grievous bodily harm, assault causing actual bodily harm, possession of a blade, and affray.
He said he had shown "genuine remorse" for his actions and had been an "exemplary prisoner" while on remand. "He was unlucky enough to walk past your house and you saw him, you armed yourself with a knife and viciously attacked him, cutting him to the face and then cutting him to the head. Photographs of the injuries show the extent of the harm caused and they are shocking."
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