Bath woman’s house torched for second time by ex-husband 

Seeta Persaud standing amid the remains of her house

A 42-year-old woman of Bath Experiment Scheme, West Coast Berbice is living in fear after she said that her former reputed husband burnt her house for the second time in five years and threatened to kill her.

Seeta Persaud told Stabroek News that the man threw gasoline on the house and set it alight on May 28, following threats he had made. Police are on the hunt for the man who managed to elude capture a few times.

The first time he burnt the woman’s house was on November 11, 2009. He had physically abused her and the court had asked him to leave the home.

After that fire she got help to rebuild her home. She and the man thereafter reconciled and he moved in back