Overview
- Ipswich Crown Court handed Elliott Mallett a 30-year prison term plus a five-year licence period, with parole eligibility after serving at least two-thirds of the sentence.
- Newly released video shows Mallett approaching officers minutes after the attack and claiming he had been assaulted.
- The judge cited evidence from Mallett’s phone of animal cruelty, weapons selfies and engagement with far-right content in assessing him as a dangerous offender.
- Sentencing remarks noted a financial motive linked to a row about buying a PlayStation 5, and police said Mallett showed no remorse and gave false accounts.
- Victim Sharon Farthing, a former Royal Navy member who later trained with Suffolk Constabulary, fought him off despite eight stab wounds and escaped to a neighbour for help.