Gillingham news
Woman arrested for murder in Gillingham
54-year-old Stephanie Langley is incarcerated for life.
A kitchen knife was used by a Maidstone woman to fatally stab a pub proprietor. At Maidstone Crown Court, 54-year-old Stephanie Langley received a life sentence.
It comes after her planned and unprovoked attack on Matthew Bryant last year, which resulted in his death. Mr. Bryant, 52, was severely wounded by Langley on September 11, 2023, at approximately 6 p.m. near Lower Boxley Road.
Less than twenty minutes before she attacked Mr. Bryant, she had driven to the Hare and Hounds public house and argued with him. After taking a big kitchen knife out of her car at Maidstone East train station, Angley went back to the scene, where Mr. Bryant was outside the pub calling 999 operators to report the earlier argument.
Langley walked over to him and dropped the device. Langley killed the victim by stabbing him twice in the back and then struck him fatally in the chest as the victim turned and leaned to get his phone.
A little while later, Kent Police officers arrived and took her into custody on the spot. Langley, of East Farleigh’s Wilsons Lane, was accused of killing someone and carrying a knife in public. Although the 54-year-old admitted to having an offensive weapon in his possession, he denied killing Mr. Bryant.
After a trial at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, she was found guilty of the murder and sent under jail. On Thursday, May 30, 2024, Langley was given his punishment.
She was informed that before becoming eligible for parole, she would need to serve for a minimum of 24 years.
The cause of the fire is being looked into.
Gillingham police are looking into a vehicle fire that started, but they are unable to rule out the possibility that the fire was started intentionally or accidentally. The Dorset Police team was alerted to the fire on the road between Milton Abbas and Bourton at about 2:30 pm on Sunday, June 30, and they are now looking for witnesses to the incident.
The event concerned a white Ford van that caught fire in the layby on Fantley Lane, a little distance outside of Silton. Traffic was barred from the road while emergency personnel battled the fire.
The fire department put out the fire and made arrangements for the car to be recovered. An inquiry is in progress to ascertain the origin of the fire.
Officers are now pleading with anyone who knows anything to come forward. “At this time the cause of the fire has not been confirmed and we are unable to say whether it was deliberate or accidental,” North Dorset Police Constable Ed Lewis stated.
“We are in the process of conducting investigations to determine the facts, and I kindly ask anyone who has any information about suspicious activity in the area or dashcam footage to come forwards.”
If you have any information, please get in touch with Dorset Police by phoning 101 and mentioning occurrence number 55220068133, emailing 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk, or visiting www.dorset.police.uk/contact. Alternatively, you can reach the independent charity Crimestoppers by phoning Freephone 0800 555 111 or by making an anonymous online donation at Crimestoppers-uk.org.
The body of a man in his 50s has been found in a town centre.
An elderly man’s body was discovered in Gillingham’s Green Street.
Police were called to concerns for the welfare of a man in Green Street, Gillingham at 1.22pm yesterday (June 26).
Officers and paramedics attended and a man in his 50s was confirmed to be deceased.
His death is being treated as non-suspicious and a report has been completed for the coroner.
The body of a man in his 50s has been found in a town centre.
Police were called to concerns for the welfare of a man in Green Street, Gillingham at 1.22pm yesterday
When police and paramedics arrived, it was determined that the man, who was in his 50s, had died.
His death is being investigated as non-suspicious, and the coroner has received a completed report.
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