Overview
- Maidstone Crown Court viewed video of Anthony Esan’s arrest at 6:17pm, less than an hour after the stabbing, with officers detaining him beside his moped.
- Forensic psychiatrist Professor Nigel Blackwood told the court experts agree Esan had schizophrenia at the time and said he believes Esan deliberately selected an Army officer.
- Prosecutor Alison Morgan KC described a targeted, premeditated attack, citing searches for knives, TikTok knife-attack videos, and the query “Woolwich soldier murdered.”
- Lt Col Mark Teeton and his wife delivered emotional statements, with Mrs Teeton credited for pulling the attacker away and medics calling his survival “miraculous.”
- Esan pleaded guilty in January to attempted murder and possessing two bladed weapons, and the three-day sentencing hearing is ongoing.