Curtis Webb, 26, of Newton Green, Ashford, Kent arrived in a taxi and armed with the knife at 1.00am and repeatedly stabbed his targeted victim, a 46 year-old man, who was sitting in his car.
The victim suffered life-threatening injuries during the 40-second attack and Webb originally appeared in court charged alongside another man and with robbing his victim.
At Snaresbrook Crown Court he pleaded guilty to one count of inflicting grievous bodily harm at Birchington station on January 14 and was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years imprisonment.
Webb had been drinking in a Margate Wetherspoons pub that evening and after getting a taxi to the station
fled the car park in a vehicle that was stopped nearby with a large kitchen knife and hammer inside.
“Is the guy alright?” he asked the police who pulled him over.
Webb had approached the victim soon after he drove into the station, opening the driver-side door.
A confrontation between him and the victim ensued and CCTV cameras covering the car park captured Webb subjecting the victim to a frenzied 40-second attack, during which he was repeatedly stabbed with a knife.
The victim fled the station on foot and was found laid on the ground on Paddock Road by members of the public with laceration wounds to his head, neck and shoulders.
Paramedics arrived, and he was urgently flown to King’s College Hospital in London to undergo surgery for his severe injuries.
Webb was stopped by Kent Police officers a short time later in a car on the A28 and arrested.
In a prepared statement presented to officers in interview, Webb said: “I started to poke him with the knife, I really didn’t think that I was penetrating his coat.”
Detective Sergeant Nick Thompson said: “This was a pre-mediated, horrific attack that resulted in the victim suffering life-threatening injuries.
“Webb’s actions that night proves he’s a dangerous individual and I’m pleased with the adequately strong sentence that has been handed down.
“He’s clearly not fit to be in the community.”
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