PI to commence for man who set girlfriend afire

Jan 03, 2020 News

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Olivia De Freitas will soon commence. This was after Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers yesterday told the court that the prosecution’s file is complete.
Twenty-five-year-old Wazim Perreira of North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, is on remand for the murder. He was first charged with attempted murder. However, that was withdrawn and upgraded to a murder charge after the victim succumbed to her injuries.
He was before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Perreira was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge which stated that on October 10, 2019, at North Sophia, Georgetown he murdered Olivia DeFreitas.
Prosecutor Jeffers informed the court that the prosecution was awaiting the statement of an analyst who tested a liquid substance, which was in a bottle, suspected to be gasoline.
Hence, Chief Magistrate McLennan transferred the matter to Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to have a date for the commencement of the PI. He was further remanded to prison until that time.
According to information, Perreira and his girlfriend, De Freitas, were at their home when they got into an argument. Perreira reportedly threw a mixture of gasoline and kerosene on his partner and then set her alight.
Neighbours, alerted by the woman’s screams, allegedly apprehended her attacker until the police arrived. De Freitas was admitted to the GPHC and later succumbed to the injuries.
When she was alive, De Freitas was receiving treatment for second degree burns to her face, chest, abdomen and back.

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