Tag: Maidstone

  • 54-year-old woman accused of murder after pub owner fatally stabbed in Maidstone

    54-year-old woman accused of murder after pub owner fatally stabbed in Maidstone

    The police have arrested a woman for killing a pub owner by stabbing him.

    Matthew Bryant was found hurt really badly outside the Hare and Hounds place in Maidstone, Kent. He had been stabbed.

    The police quickly went to the bar on Lower Boxley Road around 6pm on Monday.

    Paramedics gave medical help but he was declared dead soon after.

    Stephane Langley, who is 54 years old, has been put in jail and will go to Medway Magistrates’ Court today.

    After the sad death, people have shown their admiration for the landlord who became the owner of the Hare and Hounds in 2015.

    According to Kent Online, he had been running a pub for 25 years and had also worked as a door supervisor for a total of 30 years, on and off.

    A spokesperson from the Kent Police said that the woman, who was acquainted with the victim, was arrested and the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate started investigating.

    On Wednesday 13 September, the Crown Prosecution Service gave permission to charge Stephane Langley from Wilsons Lane in Maidstone with murder.

    She was also accused of having a knife in a public place.

    The 54-year-old person has been kept in jail and will go to Medway Magistrates’ Court later on the same day.

  • 48-year-old man charged with attempted murder after stabbing police officer with scissors

    48-year-old man charged with attempted murder after stabbing police officer with scissors

    In Kent, a police officer was stabbed, leading to the attempted murder accusation against a 48-year-old man.

    A police officer in his 50s was stabbed, allegedly with a pair of scissors, at an address in Albion Place, Maidstone, at around 8 p.m. on Thursday. The victim was taken to a hospital in London with critical injuries.

    The police officer is recuperating at home after being released from the hospital.

    Police said this morning that Robert Jenner, 48, is scheduled to appear at Medway Magistrates’ Court today.

    The officer was attacked while attending a property in Maidstone, Kent yesterday evening.

    He was rushed to hospital in an air ambulance following the assault at an address in Albion Place.

    Emergency services descended on the area outside a block of flats at around 8pm.

    One onlooker told Kent Online: ‘It started off with one police car, then they all just swarmed around and ran into the building. It looked very intense.’

    A Kent Police spokesman said: ‘The officer was airlifted to a London hospital with injuries consistent with stab wounds.

    ‘He remains there in a serious but stable condition.’