Elderly man’s body found in Gulf

The man, identified as Lionel George of Oxford Street, Port of Spain, by a form of ID on the body, was discovered by a fisherman at about 9.30 am.

The police and Coast Guard were notified and the body was removed from the water.

It was viewed by a district medical officer and transferred to the Forensic Science Centre in St James where an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.

According to police, an autopsy was necessary to confirm a cause of death as the body had no visible marks of violence.