Man who tried to kill uniformed army officer near barracks learns fate | UK | News
Anthony Esan has been sentenced to life imprisonment (Image: PA) Anthony Esan has been sentenced to life imprisonment and will be detained in hospital “for as long as necessary” after trying to kill a uniformed Army officer, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton, near Brompton Barracks, Chatham, in 2024. Esan was handed a minimum term of seven years and 162 days for repeatedly stabbing Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton using two knives in Sally Port Gardens, near Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on July 23 2024. The prosecution said it was a “vicious and deliberate” attack targeting a soldier and that in the lead up to the stabbing Esan had bought a set of knives from Argos days earlier and searched online for attacks, including of murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Forensic psychiatrists told Maidstone Crown Court it is more likely that Esan set out to stab a soldier but that the main driver of his actions was psychosis. Experts agreed he had schizophrenia at the time of the attack. Lt Col Teeton told a three-day sentencing hearing on Monday that he was …
