A road rage thug who stabbed a man 15 times for beeping his car horn has been jailed for 16 years.
Flynn Prevost was driving along a road in Epping, Essex, on September 22 last year, when his victim sounded his horn at him.
The 60-year-old thug got out of his car armed with a knife and confronted 37-year-old driver Phillip Cummings before stabbing him in the face, neck, head and back, Chelmsford Crown Court heard last week.
Prevost then calmly got back into his car and sped off, leaving his victim fighting for his life.
The victim was rushed to hospital, but suffered life-changing injuries, the court heard.
Prevost was found guilty of attempted murder earlier this month and was caged for a minimum of 16 years - with another five years extension on licence - on Wednesday.
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Detective Constable Stephen Baker said: "This was a brutal attack on a man whose life has significantly changed as a result of a stranger's shocking actions.
"Flynn Prevost is a violent individual whose unwarranted, excessive and disproportionate attack left the victim fearing for his life simply because Prevost took umbrage to the victim sounding his car horn in response to his dangerous and aggressive driving.
"Whilst this can't change the mental or physical trauma the victim has to endure every day following the attack, I hope this sentence brings some sense of justice to him with the knowledge that this violent individual has been jailed for his appalling actions."
