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A woman who stabbed her ex brother-in-law to death in an “irrational but intentional” attack outside his pub has today been convicted of murder. Stephanie Langley confronted Matthew Bryant, landlord of the Hare and Hounds in Maidstone town centre, as he was phoning police to report her for threatening to kill him. Jurors heard his last words to the 999 operator were “I’ve just been stabbed” after the 55-year-old mum of two plunged a large kitchen knife twice into his back and then fatally into his chest and through his heart. Mr Bryant, 52, collapsed in the street and despite the heroic effort…

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