Corriverton painter Clifford Carter, also known as ‘Chino’ who had set himself ablaze following a domestic dispute with his wife died at the New Amsterdam Hospital less than two days after he was admitted there.
Medical personnel at the health institution related to this newspaper yesterday that the burns were extensive and though the staff did their best death was sure as “the pains were unbearable”.
Speaking from his bed on Monday morning, ‘Chino’ said the self-inflicted injuries stemmed from a domestic dispute with his wife Halima, to whom he was married fourteen years ago. The man who was home alone at Lot 34 A Princetown, Corriverton, armed himself with gasoline which he poured upon his body before lighting himself ablaze.
Neighbours heard his screams and tried to rescue him from a fiery death. He was taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital before he was transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he was admitted a patient.
Regretting his decision to harm himself Carter said, “I allowed the devil to take over. I don’t go to church, I don’t read my Bible as I should, and now I have to stand this pain … all over me burning … I did not think of my children Richard, Kevin or Stacy …. I hope they forgive me.”
Carter sustained third degree burns over 70% of his body.
