2 teens ordered released pending inquest into PoS stabbing death

The Police Service has confirmed that Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard SC has ordered that an inquest be held into the death of Kern Patrick, which occurred on Thursday 12 June 2025, at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.

Guardian Media understands two teenaged male suspects who were held in connection with the matter by officers of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI) Intelligence Unit, also were ordered to be released pending the findings of the inquest.

The decision was made on August 20, 2025.

Kern Patrick, 43, of Canaan, Tobago, was found along Abercromby Street, Port of Spain, with an injury to his right shoulder and chest on Tuesday 20 May 2025.

He was taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital for treatment and then transferred to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex for further treatment, where he subsequently died on June 12, 2025.

A statement from the TTPS notes that investigations were supervised by ASP (Ag.) Ramjag, Insp. (Ag.) Stanislaus, Insp. (Ag.) Seecharan and Insp. (Ag.) Ramsumair, all of HBI Region One, together with various agencies, and that PC Khan, also of HBI Region One, is the complainant in the matter.