"A 25-year-old man has been handed a life sentence for attempting to murder a uniformed Army officer in a "vicious and deliberate" attack near a barracks in Kent. Anthony Esan will be detained in hospital indefinitely after repeatedly stabbing Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton with two knives in Sally Port Gardens, near Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on July 23 2024."
"Sentencing him on Friday, Mr Justice Picken stated: "The attack on Mr Teeton was targeted and deliberate. You were looking for a soldier with the intention that that soldier should die, as underlined by the fact you had looked up the killing of Lee Rigby on the internet.""
"In her victim impact statement, Mrs Teeton recounted: "I watched horrified by his continued savage attack, and realised it was my husband on the ground and he was carving at his face and neck.""
A 25-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia repeatedly stabbed Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton with two knives near Brompton Barracks in Chatham on July 23, 2024. The attacker purchased knives days earlier and searched online for past attacks, including the murder of Lee Rigby. Forensic psychiatrists concluded psychosis primarily drove the actions, though the attack appeared targeted at a soldier. The defendant received a life sentence with a minimum term of seven years and 162 days, and will remain detained in hospital indefinitely until medically cleared. The victim's wife intervened and later described the attack as savage and terrifying.
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