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Fire leaves E’bo family homeless
– Losses estimated at $5M
A Richmond, Essequibo Coast family, whose house was gutted by fire yesterday morning, is happy to be alive, despite an estimated $5M in losses.
What is left of the three-bedroom house.
Claire Belfield said she and her youngest son, Joel, along with her grandson were all asleep at around 10:30hrs, when she was suddenly awakened by the screams of ‘fire, fire’, coming from one of her next door neighbours.
The shaken Mrs. Belfield said the fire started in the front room and she only had time to quickly grab the two small children who were with her and make a daring exit through the back door, since the front of the house was already engulfed in flames.
The three-bedroom house was completely destroyed and Mrs. Belfield said that she was not able to save any of her household equipment. She opined that if the fire service had been prompt, a lot of items could have been saved.
When this newspaper visited the scene yesterday morning, fire officers were on the scene extinguishing the blaze. According to a senior fire officer, the fire may have been electrical in origin.
Rural Constable Orin Belfield said he was at the Anna Regina Police Station when a call was forwarded there, alerting officers about a fire in Richmond.
Belfield said he immediately called home, only to be greeted with the sad news that it was his house that was on fire. His tearful wife was the person who relayed the distressing message.
It was a double blow for Belfield, who last year was attacked and severely chopped by a thief who was hiding in his home. To date the thief has not been apprehended.
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Suspect in Mahaica farmer’s murder appears in court
Thirty-two year-old Shawn Anthony Thom finally appeared before a magistrate yesterday to answer a charge for the capital offence of murder.
Thom, of Alexander Village, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court, accused of the murder of Mahaica rice farmer Lakeram Bishundial.
Thom, who was arrested minutes after the robbery, was originally scheduled to appear in court on Monday, but a city magistrate refused to hear the matter citing that it was filed late.
Dead: Lakeram Bishundial
Bishundial was killed last Friday during a robbery at Hope, East Coast Demerara, shattering plans for a family wedding over the weekend.
The businessman who hails from De Hoop, Mahaica, had stopped his truck to converse with his younger brother, Totaram, the intended bridegroom, who was heading home after a trip to a city bank.
According to an eyewitness while the two brothers were talking, a gunman approached them from behind. Totaram who had left his Hilux Surf with a substantial amount of cash inside, took refuge in a nearby trench, while Lakeram Bishundial, who was sitting in his truck, took a bullet to the chest.
He was subsequently rushed to a city hospital where he succumbed.
After attacking the brothers, the bandit grabbed a bag of cash that Totaram had in his vehicle and jumped onto a motorcycle with an accomplice and headed in the direction of Georgetown.
However, residents of the village of Victoria managed to apprehend Thom after they learnt that he was just involved in a robbery. He was handed over to the police.
Quick police action resulted in the motorcycle, identified as being used in the robbery, being recovered in the same village.
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