A knife-wielding drug addict stabbed a man repeatedly in the buttocks and thighs in revenge for a friend's gold being stolen and pawned.

Karl Webb's vicious attack on Graham Nazer followed a crack cocaine deal in Boundary Park, Ramsgate, in the early hours of May 16 last year.

As he demanded the victim hand over his money, the 47-year-old asked him if he was "willing to die" before knifing him with the scalpel-type blade.

Then, as he fled the scene with accomplice Kelly Giles and a second woman, Webb was captured on CCTV boasting how he had "just stabbed the **** badly in the arse".

Webb, of High Street, Broadstairs, was arrested and later admitted offences of robbery and wounding.

It was during sentencing at Canterbury Crown Court that the alleged motive for the "set-up" and attack was revealed.

Webb, who has more than 120 offences on his criminal record, had gone to the park with Giles after she had arranged to buy the Class A drug from Mr Nazer, someone she knew well.

Having arrived at approximately 1.30am, he met the 38-year-old, who was in the company of another woman, and the deal took place without issue.

But without warning he was then immediately attacked from behind by Webb.

Prosecutor Rose Stowe told the court: "Karl Webb tried to wrap his arms around Mr Nazer's neck while holding a small, scalpel-type knife, catching him on the chin and causing a cut.

"He then threw him to the ground and stabbed him multiple times in the legs and buttocks while saying, 'Are you willing to die for a little bit of drugs money?'

"He demanded that he hand over the drugs and money in his possession and, when he refused, Mr Webb rolled him onto his back and held the knife to his neck, pushing it with enough force to cut him while saying 'Give me the drugs and money. This is your last chance.'

"In fear, Mr Nazer took £150 in cash out of his pocket and threw it on the floor along with the drugs."

But, notwithstanding his demands having been met, Webb stabbed his victim to the neck, saying "This was meant for Blue" - a known alias for a man said by the prosecution to be Giles's point of contact for arranging the drug purchase.

Webb, Giles and the second woman then fled the park. The court heard CCTV from the area had captured Mr Nazer's screams, the trio talking about how to wash the blade in bleach, and Webb's boast.

Despite his numerous stab wounds, the victim was able to stagger home where police and paramedics were called and he was taken to hospital.

He later told police the attack had left him fearful of leaving his home, particularly as he did not know the man who had repeatedly stabbed him.

Mr Nazer said his mental health had also been affected but he "did not want to end up a recluse, too scared to go out".

Faye Rolfe, defending Webb, said he was someone who had been "in the grip" of drug addiction from a very young age, and whose thinking was "clouded".

Explaining why he had behaved so "disgracefully and despicably" towards Mr Nazer, she told the court: "He was driven not just by distorted thinking but also to revenge a wrong done to one of his friends.

"He believed the victim or Blue would be at the park and deserved to be punished for what they had done to his friend in taking his gold and pawning it.

"That is not an excuse but Mr Webb wants the court to understand the feelings he had that day and why he acted in a way that was fairly out of character.

"He is deeply ashamed of himself."

Jailing Webb for five years and four months, Judge Edmund Fowler said he accepted he had expressed genuine remorse in a letter to the court and a determination to tackle his long-standing drug problem.

But he added: "This was a vicious set-up that left Mr Nazer with serious injuries after being attacked by you.

"The level of violence was totally uncalled for and gratuitous, and could have had more serious consequences than it did."

Giles, formerly of Hurst Grove, Ramsgate, but now said to be homeless and living in a tent, pleaded guilty to robbery.

She had been due to appear in the dock alongside Webb for sentencing on April 4 but her case had to be adjourned for a week after she failed to turn up at court.

However, when she was again a no-show on Friday, Judge Fowler issued a warrant for her arrest.