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Recently released prisoner burns house after gun disappears

Oct 18, 2015 News

A recently released prisoner early yesterday set a house on fire in ‘D’ Field Sophia and stood in front of the yard with a gun in his hand, threatening to shoot if neighbours tried to extinguish the blaze.
According to police, a man had hid two weapons in his girlfriend’s yard. When he went back to collect his guns, he observed that one of the guns was missing.
He confronted his girlfriend and when she failed to tell him where the weapon was, he allegedly dealt her a sound thrashing and threatened to burn her house if the gun wasn’t returned.
It is alleged that around 01:00 hour yesterday, the man went to the property and set the house on fire.
There were reports that the man’s girlfriend was inside the house when it burnt to ashes but upon further investigation by police and firefighters, it was revealed that no one was in the building when it burnt.
Since the fire, the man and the woman have disappeared.
Kaieteur News was told that when neighbours called the ranks at the Turkeyen Police Station, the police were reportedly scared to go to the scene. They waited on backup from Sparendaam Police Station.
A police source told this newspaper that the ex-prisoner has threatened to burn other buildings if his weapon is not returned. The residents were given up to last night to return the weapon.
A police source confirmed that ranks are monitoring the situation. It is alleged, too, that the ex-prisoner had previously torched the house.

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