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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anahita Hossein-Pour and Catherine Wylie

Man who tried to kill Army officer to be detained in hospital after being given life sentence

Anthony Esan has been handed a life sentence (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Archive)

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.

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