Overview
- Maidstone Crown Court set a minimum term of seven years and 162 days before parole can be considered.
- Mr Justice Picken said the attack was targeted on a soldier and ruled Esan poses a significant ongoing risk, unlikely ever to be released.
- Prosecutors detailed planning, including buying knives from Argos and internet searches about attacks such as the Lee Rigby murder.
- Lt Col Mark Teeton survived extensive neck, chest, abdominal, groin, arm and thigh wounds, with his wife’s intervention praised as “remarkable.”
- Esan pleaded guilty in January to attempted murder and possessing two bladed weapons, avoiding a trial scheduled this month.