Overview
- Mr Justice Choudhury sentenced Skebas at Lincoln Crown Court, with the defendant appearing by video link from Rampton Hospital.
- The life sentence includes a 25-year minimum term, making him eligible after 21 years and 156 days once time served is credited, subject to Parole Board decisions.
- A jury convicted him of murder on February 5 following his admission of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility linked to schizophrenia.
- Prosecutors said he bought a Sabatier paring knife two days earlier, waited until the street was quiet, then hid the weapon, shaved his beard and prepared to travel to Lithuania.
- The court heard he claimed a microchip controlled him and asked police to contact “his controller in Nasa,” as Lilia’s mother and stepfather delivered statements describing profound loss.