Evil sister-in-law GUILTY of murdering pub landlord seconds after CCTV showed her slapping phone away when he called 999
A MONSTER sister-in-law has been found guilty of murdering a pub landlord just seconds after she was seen smacking his phone away when he called for help.
Stephanie Langley, 54, was also captured telling police “I took a knife and killed him” after knifing Matthew Bryant to death.
Matthew, 52, had called 999 to report his former sister-in-law when she showed up at his pub, the Hare and Hounds, in Maidstone, Kent.
Chilling footage showed him on the phone before Langley smacked it out of his hand.
Just seconds later, she knifed Matthew twice in the back and once in the chest.
Langley was today convicted of murder following a trial at Maidstone Crown Court.
Jurors heard the pair had no contact with each other for 21 years until four months before the September horror.
Langley had turned up at the pub in May last year but was told to leave after making threats.
Then on September 11, Langley’s son Cameron Langley-McColm told her he would be playing pool at the pub.
She replied: “Enjoy your pool with the w****r”.
Langley later added: “I’ll see you there. Crazy mum remember.”
She arrived at the pub at 5.53pm and told a customer Matthew was serving: “Get a drink while he is still alive.”
Jurors heard Matthew, who had remarried, ordered Langley to leave the premises – causing her to respond: “You’re dead tonight.”
She returned at around 6.05pm while Matthew was on the phone to police calmly telling them his sister-in-law had threatened to kill him.
Langley then approached him, causing the landlord to ask the operator if they would like to speak to her.
After he was attacked, Matthew could be heard saying “I’ve been stabbed” while still on the phone.
The court heard the time between the phone being knocked from his hands a knife falling to the ground was 24 seconds.
Langley was arrested and began shouting: “Get away from me, I want to stab him. I killed him. I don’t care. I want him dead…I’m just so happy. I hate him so much… I hope he dies.”
Jurors were told she had previously accused Matthew of violence and rape but there was no evidence he was ever a threat to her.
Langley was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on a date to be fixed.
Detective Constable Hannah Crittenden, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: “Matthew Bryant was a much-loved husband and popular landlord, and his murder was carried out in cold blood by a calculating offender.
“Langley set about carrying out a violent and unprovoked attack on her victim, in broad daylight in front of horrified customers, with little regard to the consequences.
“As the investigating officer, I would like to place on record my thanks to those who witnessed this tragic incident and had the courage to help us as we carried out enquiries.”
