ComPol: Family Within Rights to Defend Daughter from Predator  

On December twenty-first, a man was fatally stabbed in Corozal after being found inside a teenage girl’s house. Reports say Anthony Lewis, who was out on bail for engaging in sexual relations with a minor, visited the girl’s home and got into a heated altercation with her family. During the intense brawl, Lewis was fatally stabbed. The incident has been ruled as self-defense. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams shed some light on why this wasn’t classified as a murder case.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“When an issue of  self-defense is raised, In any debt investigation, it is not the police who determine the charges, it’s the DPP office. And so we have sent that file to the DPP for instructions on that matter, and we await that. Bear in mind though, that if a person comes into your home and when you get there, you are attacked by that person. The law will give you some leverage so that you can protect yourself and your home.  I’m sure that those are things that the DPP or the DPP rep is going to take into consideration in determining that matter. This person was already charged with carnalities against your child. You come home, you find him in your home with your same child. What would be your response? How would you deal with it? And if there’s a scuffle and he end up getting injured and died, I don’t see how the person could be held accountable for that, no.”