Sophia woman set on fire by brother

Samantha Schwartz

A mother of three is now hospitalised after she was set on fire by her brother following a dispute over a pair of shoes on Thursday.

Samantha Schwartz, 35, of Lot 72 ‘D’ field, Sophia, is a patient in the Burns Care Unit of the George-town Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where she is nursing second degree burns to her upper body.

Speaking with Stabroek News yesterday, Ann Adams, a friend of Schwartz’s family said that she was across the street at her home,