{"id":141176,"date":"2023-09-12T11:20:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141176"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:20:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:20:32","slug":"police-arrest-woman-for-murder-after-pub-landlord-stabbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/police-arrest-woman-for-murder-after-pub-landlord-stabbed\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest woman for murder after pub landlord stabbed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tributes have been paid to a pub landlord who died after he was stabbed – as police arrest a woman on suspicion of murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matthew Bryant was last night found with life-threatening injuries outside the Hare and Hounds pub in Maidstone town centre in Kent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police rushed to the site on Lower Boxley Road at 6pm. Matthew was given medical treatment by emergency services but was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.<\/p>\n
This morning police arrested a woman in her 50s on suspicion of murder, who is said to be known to Matthew.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Detectives have said enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing.<\/p>\n
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Matthew Bryant was found with life-threatening injuries outside the Hare and Hounds pub in Maidstone, Kent<\/p>\n
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Matthew\u00a0was given medical treatment by emergency services but was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after<\/p>\n
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Police rushed to the site on Lower Boxley Road at around 6pm last night<\/p>\n
Matthew had worked as a pub landlord for 25 years and had taken over the Hare and Hounds in 2015, according to reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tributes have now been paid to him, with Becky Whitehead saying: ‘R.I.P Matt. Love and thoughts to the family and friends. I’m so sorry for your loss.’<\/p>\n
Chris Leach said: ‘He really didn’t. Hadn’t got a bad bone in his body. You couldn’t help but love him.’<\/p>\n
Mark Osborne added: ‘Matt and Caroline were the best landlords you could ever meet all my thoughts go out to all his family and friends heaven has got a true angel. R.I.P Matt.’<\/p>\n
The road was shut outside the Hare and Hounds pub, between the roundabout at\u00a0Staceys Street and the J&S Accessories shop.<\/p>\n
A number of officers were at the scene, and were diverting traffic as well as carrying out inquiries.<\/p>\n
Two forensic cars and four police vehicles remained there into the evening and police taped off the road. Multiple police vehicles remained outside the pub this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a statement, Kent Police said: ‘Officers have arrested a woman on suspicion of a murder in Maidstone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Matthew had worked as a pub landlord for 25 years and had taken over the Hare and Hounds in 2015, according to reports<\/p>\n
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Matthew was given medical treatment by emergency services but was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after<\/p>\n
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Detectives have said enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing<\/p>\n
‘Kent Police was called to Lower Boxley Road at 6pm on Monday 11 September 2023, and patrols attended along with South East Coast Ambulance Service.<\/p>\n
‘A man was treated for injuries consistent with stab wounds and was confirmed deceased at the scene shortly after. His next of kin have been informed.<\/p>\n
‘An investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate was commenced and a woman in her 50s was arrested and taken into custody.<\/p>\n
‘It is understood the suspect and the victim were known to each other. A cordon remains in place at the scene while enquiries are completed into the circumstances surrounding the incident.’<\/p>\n