Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the death of a To­ba­go pen­sion­er who they say sleep­walked and fell from the up­stairs ban­is­ter of his home yes­ter­day morn­ing.

Of­fi­cers said Al­bert Prince, 77, of Main Road, Bethel, was found dead on the ground floor af­ter he was last seen rest­ing in bed on Mon­day night.

His wife, Irene Mur­ray-Prince, told po­lice she fed him up­stairs around 10.30 pm, then went down­stairs and went to sleep.

She said she woke around 6.30 am, went to check on her hus­band, and did not see him in the room. Af­ter search­ing the house, she no­ticed a door to the ban­is­ter slight­ly open and found Prince ly­ing on the ground be­low.

Po­lice said the ban­is­ter has no rail­ing. Snr Supt Earl Elie said po­lice of­fi­cers are work­ing on the the­o­ry that Prince sleep­walked and fell over the ban­is­ter.

An au­top­sy is ex­pect­ed to be done soon. In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.