A man called his friend a "future paedophile" and then stabbed his mum in the neck. Ellis Sanderson was told he "may well have killed" Nicola Carney after he escalated an online feud he had picked with her son.
She did not suffer serious injuries in the knife attack on her own doorstep, The Liverpool Echo reports. Liverpool Crown Court heard that the 19-year-old had "grown up" with Michael Carney, but in October last year the defendant sent his pal a string of messages "using homophobic language" and "stating that he wasn't gay".
One read: "You future paedophile, trying to get in my life - I'll slit your throat."
