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The Barbados Police Service has identified the man who died after a stabbing incident.
He is 41-year-old Neil Oscar Layne, of Rihanna Drive, Westbury Road, St. Michael.
Police said that Layne died on Tuesday, June 10, after he was “involved in an altercation with another man, which resulted in him receiving multiple stab wounds about his body” on Monday, June 9.
They added that “there is a person of interest in custody assisting police with their investigations.”
The full press release on this incident follows:
Police at the Operations Control Centre received a report on Monday, 9th June 2025 around 10:05 p.m that a male had collapsed in a house at the corner of Blanch Gap and Rihanna Drive, Westbury Road, St. Michael.
CIRCUMSTANCES:
On arrival of the police at Rihanna Drive, they learnt that the deceased, who has now been officially identified as: Neil Oscar Layne, 41 years of Rihanna Drive, Westbury Road, St. Michael was involved in an altercation with another man which resulted in him receiving multiple stab wounds about his body. He was transported by Ambulance personnel to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Q.E.H) and was being treated there for his injuries. On Tuesday, 10th June 2025 sometime in the evening, he succumbed to his injuries.
Presently, there is a person of interest in custody assisting police with their investigations.
The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) is appealing to anyone who can provide any information pertaining to this incident, to kindly contact the Criminal Investigations Department (Central) at 430-7189/90, Police emergency at 211, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIPS (8477) or any Police Station.
