The mother of a man who was stabbed to death said last night she would be calling for an investigation into why it allegedly took an ambulance crew about 40 minutes to attend to her son.

Carolyn Young said she would never know what might have been if the ambulance had arrived on time.

Her son Dean Antoine Young, 31, died in the early hours of October 3 last year after receiving 23 stab wounds.

Randy Burgess, 34, of Cashew City, St. David's, has been on trial this week in the Supreme Court for allegedly murdering Mr. Young during an argument at about 2.30 a.m.

The court heard yesterday that Burgess ran off after the stabbing at a Border Lane, Pembroke house but called 911 and asked for an ambulance to be sent.

Despite several other emergency calls being made, a medical team was not dispatched from the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital until after 3.10 a.m.

Yesterday, Mrs. Young, of White Hill View, Sandys, said: "We are going to ask for an inquiry into why the ambulance was not sent straight away.

"Even if it had not made a difference to whether Dean survived, it might have at least given us an opportunity to have been with him before he died.

"We will never know what might have happened if the ambulance had arrived sooner.

"Once this trial is over, we will ask for an investigation.

"There should be an inquiry. We want to know what happened.'' `Ambulance took too long' In a Police statement read to the court, Burgess was reported to have told officers that he left the house and ran following the attack.

He went on: "I rang 911 and told a Police officer that I had just stabbed a man and they should call an ambulance.'' The court heard how other people called emergency services also and were told they were already aware of the incident.

Hospital emergency nurse Laura Panico revealed yesterday how she first became aware that an ambulance was not sent while she was working.

She said: "At about 3.10 a.m. I responded to a 911 call to attend a stabbing on Parsons Lane. I called the ambulance technician and we left.

"At arriving at the scene I was met by one of my colleagues who was off duty.

He is an ambulance technician.

"He was with an off duty Police officer. They both happened to be at the scene. I saw the body lying on the ground and was informed that CPR had been in progress for 15 minutes.

"I checked to see if the patient had a pulse. There was no pulse.'' She said Mr. Young was moved to the ambulance where she and medical technicians began using CPR. But she said she decided to discontinue with the CPR as they approached the hospital and Mr. Young was pronounced dead on arrival.

The nurse added: "It was clear that the nature of his injuries were fatal.

"We arrived back at 3.25 a.m. It was very quick.'' Under re-examination by defence barrister Mark Pettingill, she said it was not usual for nurses to take 911 calls but the medical technicians had not answered the telephone within the usual three or four rings.

She said 911 calls came from the control centre and to her knowledge the emergency department at the hospital had only received one call requesting an ambulance -- at about 3.10 a.m.

Mr. Pettingill asked: "Are you saying there was a mix up?'' She replied: "Yes''.

Meanwhile the court heard that Burgess had waved down a passing Police car after running away from the house and told officers about the stabbing.

He got into the back of the vehicle and was taken to Hamilton Police Station still holding the knife.

Police officers said they arrived at the station with Burgess just after 3 a.m. and took him to the jail area.