Sascha Wil­son

A 25-year-old con­struc­tion work­er was stabbed to death dur­ing Point Fortin Bor­ough Day cel­e­bra­tions yes­ter­day morn­ing. The man was stabbed af­ter he re­fused to buy an­oth­er man a beer, po­lice said. Bertrand Charles, fa­ther of a three-year-old girl, was at­tacked around 3 am, mere hours be­fore the start of J'Ou­vert. Po­lice said Bertrand's re­fusal to buy the beer led to an al­ter­ca­tion, and he was stabbed with a bro­ken bot­tle in the neck. Bertrand, of New Vil­lage in Point Fortin, died at hos­pi­tal. Charles' younger sis­ter, Sta­cy, said they were near Shoe Lock­er in Point Fortin when he had an ar­gu­ment with a man whom he knew.

Bertrand, she said, com­plained that for the past three days the man had been threat­en­ing to kill him. She said she pulled her broth­er aside and begged him to go home. "But he hug me and kiss me and tell me that he calm down." She said she left for home short­ly af­ter­wards, be­cause she had to work. The woman got home around 3 am when an­oth­er sis­ter, Sher­ryann, got the news that Charles was dead.

She de­scribed her broth­er as "mis­er­able, and cool when he ready."

Up to late yes­ter­day, Point Fortin po­lice had a sus­pect in cus­tody. An au­top­sy is list­ed for to­mor­row.