Six paratroopers, an RAF consultant and an Army nurse from 16 Air Assault Brigade were parachuted on to Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic.
Anthony Esan was being sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court for the attempted murder of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton in July 2024.
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