Police say the victim was pulled from his bed and stabbed in a 'wholly unnecessary attack'.
A robber who crept through the bedroom window of an elderly man and assaulted him has been jailed.
The pensioner suffered a fractured eye socket and spine and was also stabbed in the leg during the attack in Mansfield.
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