A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court, charged with the attempted murder of an Army officer in Kent.

Anthony Esan, 24, is accused of repeatedly stabbing Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton in Gillingham, on Tuesday.

The officer, who was wearing his uniform at the time of the alleged knife attack and is in his 40s, is in hospital in a serious but stable condition. Esan, who was arrested near his home in nearby Rochester, is also charged with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

He appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Thursday wearing a grey T-shirt and will next appear at Maidstone Crown Court on August 22.

The defendant initially asked “Why?” when he was asked to confirm his name and date of birth.

Police were called to Sally Port Gardens on Tuesday evening, which is near Brompton Barracks, the headquarters of the British Army’s 1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment after receiving reports that a soldier had been attacked.

Lt Col Teeton is a chartered engineer working as a course manager in the Army’s Corps of Royal Engineers.

In June this year, he raised nearly £2,500 for Combat Stress, a veterans mental health charity, by running the D-Day challenge in Normandy, a fundraising page shows.

Head of the Army General Sir Roly Walker condemned the stabbing as “horrific and unprovoked”, while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was “shocked and appalled”.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-07-25/man-appears-in-court-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-army-officer

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Imagine stabbing a soldier in a foreign land! Are you sure the Nigerian here was not psychotic?

Overfed pig

Britain and stabbing. This one has truly become British. Their own na knife, America own na gun.

Those Nigerians wey wan Japan right now ....... . This one wan block road for them.

Na Dem Na Dem

The account doesn't not suggest he's a Nigerian except for his name.
However, it's so bad if he's a Nigerian and he goes out there to stab people.
Possibly the guy no well sef

Village People monitoring...

Creamypie:
Overfed pig

Looks the type that can’t say no to a McDonalds!

Despicable.

He mates are making money there and building properties in Nigeria. Na to form Oyibo and live fake life until old age. After dem go accuse one witch for his village.

The visa wey e take reach there or the stay wey dey im hand suppose to return to one useful person for Nigeria we go help himself and family. W good to send the bagger to Indian prison or Afghanistan prison make e go learn lesson.

vnylrecs:
Imagine stabbing a soldier in a foreign land! Are you sure the Nigerian here was not psychotic?

As long as he is a citizen, he's got the right to act like the typical lunatic American.

Let him come and try that in Nigeria. By now he would have been wiped off. Nobody will even dare to paste his obituary.
Nonsense upon the ingredient

Must be a case of mental health... Hearing voices in his head to do dastardly things.

thumbsme:
Let him come and try that in Nigeria. By now he would have been wiped off. Nobody will even dare to paste his obituary.
Nonsense upon the ingredient

He definitely can't try such in Nigeria.

make the overfed pig come try am for Naija

Esanbuzor or Esanieze

Try insulting a private in Nigeria army talk more of a commissioned officer.
That man would have been the other side of the world by now

@op. The report did not state be is Nigerian. Why are you assuming he is Nigerian? Is it because of his name?
Not everyone with a Nigerian sounding name is Nigerian just as not everyone answering 'Bush' is British/American

@mods the topic of this post should be corrected.