A pub landlord was stabbed to death by his ex sister-in-law just seconds after making a 999 call to report she had threatened to kill him, a murder jury has heard. The line to the emergency operator was still open when Matthew Bryant was knifed three times by Stephanie Langley in an “irrational but deliberate” attack outside the Hare and Hounds in Maidstone just after 6pm on September 11 last year. Maidstone Crown Court heard the third and fatal wound from the large kitchen knife occurred when the 54-year-old mum forcefully plunged it 20cm deep into his chest. Without immediate surgery, the in…
