Relatives of Troy Brutus, the city cleaner who was fatally stabbed on Monday evening, say his assailant had previously attacked him on several occasions.
However, according to the police, it was Brutus, 37, who was the aggressor on Monday evening, when they say he attacked the man at Garnett Street, Albouystown around 7.30pm and dealt him serval chops about the body.
At the time, Brutus was armed with a cutlass and a knife.
A police statement said the man managed to take the knife from Brutus and fatally stabbed him about his body.
His assailant was later that night admitted to the George-town Public Hospital (GPH)