Jail for wanted man caught attempting to flee the country after Lincoln street stabbing

A wanted man who was caught trying to flee the country at Stansted Airport after carrying out a street stabbing has been jailed.

Aleksei Galiulin, 37, was arrested as he was about to board a flight out of the United Kingdom two weeks after stabbing a man in the back near Lincoln High Street.

Lincoln Crown Court heard Galiulin - who has previous convictions for stalking, arson and assaullt - was circulated as wanted after producing a knife and wounding his victim on September 26, 2023.

The incident happened at around 6pm after Galiulin began ‘waving the knife around’ on the corner of Shakespeare Street and Lincoln High Street.

Passing sentence Judge Simon Hirst told Galiulin: "You produced a knife and were waving it around in the street.

"Your victim asked you why you were threatening people in the street with the knife.

"He turned his back and you stabbed him in the back under his left shoulder blade."

The victim attended at Lincoln County Hospital where he was treated for a 3cm laceration to his back and some muscle damage.

Police arrested Galiulin at Stansted Airport as he about to board a flight on October 9, 2023.

The court heard Galiulin, of Vernon Street, Lincoln, had previous convictions for stalking, arson and assaullt.

He admitted two charges of unlawful wounding and possessing a bladed article on September 26, 2023.

The court was told Galiulin had a number of mental health problems but medical experts had concluded they had not contributed to the offence.

Judge Hirst said: "You used a highly dangerous weapon, that is to say a knife.

"The circumstances are you were carrying a knife, you produced it in the street and used it on a man who had turned his back on you."

A restraining order was also made which prevents Galiulin having any contact with his victim for five years.

Today (January 2) he was jailed for two years and eight months.