An 82-year-old man was found dead in his Lija home yesterday morning, a day after he fell off a ladder.
The police were called to the man’s house by his wife, at about 8.30 a.m. He was sitting, dead, on a recliner sofa, sources said. The wife told police her husband had fallen off a ladder the previous day while he was cleaning shelves. She believed the fall might have caused his death.
Magistrate Miriam Hayman appointed several experts to assist her during an inquiry. An autopsy will be held this morning.