A woman and teenage boy arrested following the death of a man in Sandown have been released without charge after detectives concluded there were no suspicious circumstances.
As first reported by Island Echo, at 19:11 on Thursday 2nd July, officers were called by the ambulance service to a report that a man had been found with stab wounds at an address on Downsview, Sandown.
A man in his 50s was taken to hospital, but despite the best efforts of the emergency services, he sadly passed away.
Initially, Police arrested a 47-year-old woman and 14-year-old boy at the scene on suspicion of murder and wounding with intent.
Since this incident was reported to them, officers have worked hard to establish the circumstances of what had taken place, going over the scene with a fine-toothed comb.
As a result of these enquiries, Police say they don’t believe there are any suspicious circumstances concerning how the man died.
The woman and boy have this evening (Sunday) been released from custody without any further action to be taken against them.
Following the man’s death, a file will now be prepared for, and submitted to the coroner.
Isle of Wight Area Commander, Superintendent Marcus Cator, said:
“Firstly, I would like to place on record my thoughts for the man and his family at this extremely sad and difficult time.
“I would also like to thank all those we have spoken to over the last three days for their cooperation and assistance in our investigation. These investigations are always very challenging for those involved and the community as a whole.
“All involved have helped us to further our investigation at pace and begin to achieve some answers for the man’s family.”
He tripped and fell on his own shears then I’m guessing :/
So who stabbed him then???
Imagine the boy stabbed him defending his mother. Suspected that as soon as I saw who had been arrested. Not the “poor man” the previous commentators were making him out to be.
absolutely always two sides to every story no matter how one sided headlines make it!and good old Isle of Wight assumptions which runs in the DNA
Imagine they killed him and then played the domestic violence victim card ……just saying.
What if it was your son or dad ? Unless he had a knife and imminently was going to kill the women or boy then that level of self defense isn’t ok.
Why always the assumption that men are the attackers, Men can be victims of violence from women too.
Why argue about something we know nothing about?
(Perhaps he was Japanese and fell on his own knife)
We should all refrain from speculation and wait to hear exactly what happened.
3 days on remand whilst being questioned before plod realises that there are no suspicious circumstances…. could you really make this up? And before the bleeding hearts start with the defence of the Police, how would you feel if a family member died and you were dragged off in cuffs and jailed for three days with no one believing you before someone realises that, for whatever bizarre reason, there was no offence? Not being believed seems a new habit with our local force.. “I don’t think so mate”…. Someone must do better in my opinion.
Self defence is not an excuse for murder, it just becomes manslaughter as far as I know and it would have to be put to a jury.
Just awful all around…. Domestic abuse and defence case I guess??