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Anahita Hossein-Pour

Army officer told wife attack was ‘like Lee Rigby’, court hears

Anthony Esan pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton, who was stabbed near a Kent barracks in July 2024 (PA) - (PA Wire)

A uniformed Army officer repeatedly stabbed in the street outside his home told his wife in hospital that his attacker tried to “cut my head off like Lee Rigby”, a court has heard.

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton tearfully told of being “forever in gratitude” to the “heroes”, including his wife Eileen, who came to his aid during the attack in Sally Port Gardens, near Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on July 23 2024.

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