Andrew Hague, 31, murdered Simon Wilkinson, 50, in a “ferocious and brutal” attack with makeshift weapons including a bag containing metal tins of the trading cards.

He also punched and stamped on the father-of-one in a sustained assault outside his flat which was witnessed by horrified neighbours, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

Jailing him for life with a minimum of 17 years, judge Sarah Wright said: “This was an unremitting and merciless attack upon a neighbour of yours where you took the decision during the savage assault to kill him.”

Prosecutor Laura Marshall said Hague and Simon had been involved in a verbal altercation with each other, during which Simon reportedly called Hague a “nonce b------d”.

After telling Simon to “come out here and fight like a man,” Hague attacked him with a bag containing four or five tins of Pokemon cards, she said.