An Army officer who was repeatedly stabbed near a barracks in Kent has said his attacker's life sentence reflects the "premeditation and planning involved" against him wearing British military uniform.Anthony Esan was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of seven years and 162 days, at Maidstone Crown Court - but will be detained in hospital for as long as necessary - for the knife attack on Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton in Sally Port Gardens, near Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on

An Army officer who was repeatedly stabbed near a barracks in Kent has said his attacker's life sentence reflects the "premeditation and planning involved" against him wearing British military uniform.Anthony Esan was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of seven years and 162 days, at Maidstone Crown Court - but will be detained in hospital for as long as necessary - for the knife attack on Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton in Sally Port Gardens, near Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on July 23 2024.