Latest update November 29th, 2024 1:00 AM
Wife on the run after dousing husband with hot oil
Police in Berbice are on the hunt for a woman who doused her husband with hot oil after he refused to stay with her.
Injured: Devon Thomas
Injured and hospitalised at the New Amsterdam Hospital with serious burns about his face, torso and shoulder is Devon Thomas, a 38-year-old New Amsterdam Technical Institute Lecturer.
His wife, the attacker, has been identified as Sandy Thomas, 35, both of Garrison Road, New Amsterdam.
Kaieteur News was informed by police sources that the incident took place just around 8:00 am yesterday (Thursday). The couple who has been married for four years has had their fair share of arguments and good times during the marriage.
But recently, the Lecturer found out that his wife was having an extra-marital affair with his best friend.
While the news came as a shock to him, he decided that he could not stay in the relationship any longer since he felt embarrassed and betrayed. Thomas filed for a divorce from his cheating wife.
On the run: Sandy Thomas
That did not end there, he subsequently asked the woman to leave their home since he no longer wanted her there given the circumstances.
She reportedly pleaded with him to forgive her and “take her back” but he had already made up his mind. This did not sit well with her, so she allegedly waited for the opportunity to hurt him a second time.
This publication was told that the woman had heated a frying pan with oil yesterday morning while Thomas was taking a bath. She waited for him to exit the bathroom and capitalised on her moment to cause physical damage to the man.
The 35-year-old woman splashed the smoking hot oil on Thomas as he stepped out the bathroom, scorching several parts of his body. The woman then made her daring escape and has since gone into hiding.
Thomas was subsequently rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he remains a patient.
It was just a few weeks ago, Latoya Angel was hauled before the court in Reliance and charged with attempted murder committed on her husband Danny Vanooten of Leopold Street, Georgetown.
The incident took place at her residence in Canje, Berbice where she doused him as well with hot oil while he was asleep.
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