| Yesterday morning, police arrested a 33-year-old woman who allegedly set fire to the house she shared with her mother, two children and other relatives at 98 Barnwell Street and Buxton Sideline Dam.The wooden, single flat house was completely destroyed by the blaze, which started at about 07:00 hours and has left six persons homeless.Kaieteur News understands that the fire stemmed from a dispute between the arson suspect and her mother, Loretta Dowridge, whom she had reportedly tried to force from the property.Erica Austin, one of Dowridge’s daughters, who resides in another house close by, said that she was at work when she got news that the house her mother was living in was on fire.She said that she could not say what caused the conflagration.However, sources in the area were unanimous in their claims that a female occupant of the house had started the blaze.An eyewitness who requested anonymity related that the suspect, her two children and her younger brother and sister were at home at the time.The brother and sister were in the yard while the suspect’s two children were with her in the house.It is alleged that the suspect took a mattress from one of the bedrooms, placed it in the living room, and set it alight before fleeing with her two children.By then,NFL Jerseys Cheap, her brother saw what was happening,http://www.airmaxfantasy.us.com/574-New-Balance/, and managed to save a few electrical items before the house was completely engulfed.Police arrived on the scene and, after taking initial statements from eyewitnesses, detained the suspect, who was still in the area.Loretta Dowridge, the suspect’s mother, spoke of years of unrest living with her daughter in the house, and she was not too surprised that this was the end result,Throwback Jerseys, since, according to her, her daughter had always threatened to burn the property down.Dowridge claims that the house belonged to an aunt, but that she had been living there all her life, with her children and grandchildren.She claimed that she had been given permission to remain in the house with her children, including the suspect. She said that her daughter travels to various locations in the interior and overseas, and would leave her children for her to look after.According to Dowridge, late last year, her daughter returned to Guyana from Trinidad and carried out repairs to the house. Ever since then,Marlon Humphrey Jersey, she has been demanding that she (Dowridge) vacates the property.“She want me out of the house. She say that she repair it and I must come out,China Jerseys Cheap,” the suspect’s mother told this newspaper.She said that on a previous occasion she was forced to sleep in the yard after her daughter displayed violent tendencies while demanding that she leaves.On Tuesday night there was another verbal confrontation between Dowridge and the suspect, which forced Dowridge to leave and seek refuge at another family member.“This morning, I go back to the house and she ask me when I gon move. I just give she a cut eye and left and went to work,” Dowridge said.She explained that, while at work, she got a telephone call that the house was on fire but delayed going to the scene until about midday.“All I have now are the clothes on my back. The children lost everything, and it is really hard,Brad Richards Red Wings Jersey,” she lamented.Police have already collected several incriminating statements, and are expected to institute charges shortly. |
