DPP orders inquest in ex-prisoner’s death

ACTING Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Carla Browne-Antoine has ordered an inquest into the death of former prisoner, Michael Lambert, who was stabbed to death on Tuesday morning, police said.

As a consequence, the 27-year-old man who had surrendered to officers of the Valencia Police Station, has been released from police custody. Lambert, 31, of Seow Avenue, off Mora Avenue, Valencia, is believed to have been killed following a long-standing dispute in which his clothes was burnt in a house. A man had told police that Lambert and another man came to his home at Runtuna Extension, San Pablo Road, around 5.30 am Tuesday.  Lambert and the other man were reportedly armed with cutlasses, the man said. An altercation took place, during which time Lambert was stabbed once on the right side of his neck.  He died on the spot.  The suspect later surrendered. Police had said there was evidence to suggest that a struggle took place inside the humble green-painted house since one of the suspect’s windows broke off and fell on the outside.  Cpl Mark of the Valencia CID is continuing investigations.