Sophia man threatened to burn house with wife inside -court hears

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday remanded a man accused of assaulting his wife, drenching their matrimonial home with gasoline and threatening to set it alight with her inside.

Navindranauth Ramcharran Sookraj was remanded to prison after being charged with two counts of assaulting his wife, using abusive language towards her and attempting to commit suicide.

Sookraj, 24, of 54 North Sophia denied that on August 9 and August 10, at Sophia, that he unlawfully assaulted Stephanie Sue. He denied too that