Higgler charged over fatal knife fight

Thirty-six-year-old higgler Damion Lewis, otherwise called 'Jackfruit' and 'Rasta', of Mountain View Avenue in Kingston, was on Monday charged for the stabbing death of a man along North Parade in downtown Kingston.

Killed was 27-year-old Shander Paul Williams of Rockingham Road, Kingston 2.

Reports from the Central police are that about 9:10 a.m. on Monday, March 11, a verbal altercation developed between Lewis and Williams.

According to the police, the squabble became physical after Williams tried to walk away from Lewis, who had attacked him.

The police say knives were brought into play and Williams managed to inflict a stab wound to his attacker's abdomen after he was stabbed in the neck.

Both men were transported to hospital where Williams succumbed to his injury, and Lewis was admitted under police guard.

A murder charge was laid against Lewis on Monday, March 25 after he was released from hospital.

A court date is being arranged for him.

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