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Anahita Hossein-Pour

Knife attack on uniformed Army officer ‘vicious and deliberate’, court told

The sentencing of Anthony Esan was expected to last three days (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Archive)

A knife attack on a uniformed Army officer in the street outside his home was a “vicious and deliberate” attack which witnesses described as “one of the worst things they’ve ever seen”, a court has been told.

Anthony Esan is set to be sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court for the attempted murder of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton in Sally Port Gardens, near Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on July 23 2024.

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