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A man who stabbed two other men in a Maidstone flat has been jailed for nine years.
Leon Samuel left his victims with multiple injuries after what police described as a "frenzied" knife assault at Westree Court, near Hart Street.
Woolwich Crown Court heard that Samuel, of Albert Murray Close, Gravesend, had visited the address after a night out and grabbed the weapon from a knife block during an altercation.
The attack happened during the early hours of October 26 last year.
One of his victims became trapped on a balcony as he tried to flee to safety.
Samuel was heard to repeatedly scream ‘I will kill you’, before the man was stabbed several times.
The second victim was injured while trying to prevent Samuel reaching the balcony. He suffered deep lacerations to his arms.
"It was a ferocious and frenzied assault which has left one of the victims with long-term injuries and scarring."
Samuel, 46, was seen looking around for other weapons to continue the assault, which only came to an end when witnesses pulled him away and made him leave.
He fled to East Farleigh train station where he boarded a train heading to Strood.
He handed himself into the police the following day.
Samuel pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and inflicting grievous bodily harm.
He was sentenced last Friday. March 5.
DS Jim Farley of West Kent CID said: "Had other people who were in the flat not bravely intervened, it is entirely possible that Samuel’s actions would have led to fatal injuries.
"It was a ferocious and frenzied assault which has left one of the victims with long-term injuries and scarring.
"Violent crimes such as these can also have a long-term impact on victims’ mental health and wellbeing.
"The distress and anxiety caused is often profound.
"I have absolutely no doubt Samuel poses a danger to the public and welcome this sentence, which ensures he will be in prison for the foreseeable future."
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