The man who reportedly set fire to a Sophia house on Friday, weeks after he was thrown out of the property is still on the run and the police have been provided with information on his possible whereabouts.
Ron Lamaison told Stabroek News yesterday that the man contacted his mother, Victorine Ifill who is the owner of the house asking if she wanted him to rebuild the house. The woman hung up the phone.
He further told this newspaper that the suspect who is his stepfather had a Linden address and another on the East Coast Demerara and this information has been passed onto the police. However up to press time, he had not been apprehended.
Lamaison added that he and his mother revisited the destroyed house yesterday and that they “are trying to make the best of the situation”.
He said that they are planning to rebuild the house.
Lamaison, Ifill and the suspect’s daughter were left homeless after the inferno completely destroyed the property located at Lot 296 Section C, Turkeyen. According to reports someone saw when the suspect leaned his bicycle on a post and entered the yard. He apparently kicked down the front door and started the fire with a gas bottle that he had placed in the bathroom.
Lamaison had recalled that he was returning to the Bel Air area from the East Bank when he noticed smoke in the area and it appeared to be coming from the Sophia area.
He said he pointed it out to a co-worker and then contacted him saying that he had heard the house was on fire.
Lamaison later ended up in the Cummings Lodge area and decided to go home and check to ensure everything was all right.
As he entered his street he was greeted by a fire engine and his entire house engulfed in flames.
The man had told the media that the man was in the habit of verbally abusing his mother and several weeks ago she decided to end it and asked him to leave her house.
Since then the man has been calling the woman.
According to reports, some time before the fire started, the suspect had called his daughter and urged her to remove her belongings quickly. At the time the call was made, Lamaison was preparing for work while his mother had already left for a nearby clinic.
