Derek Telford, 31, used a samurai sword, knives and a hammer to inflict 30 wounds during the horrific attack in James Kerr's Glagow home.
He flew into a rage when his demand for drugs went unanswered.
A MAN who sliced of a man's ear then yelled: "Can you hear me now?" as his victim lay dead or dying has been jailed for life.
Derek Telford, 31, used a samurai sword, knives and a hammer to inflict 30 wounds during the horrific attack in James Kerr's Glagow home.
He flew into a rage when his demand for drugs went unanswered.
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