One person is in custody assisting with the investigation into a suspected arson at Adelphi Village, East Canje Berbice.
Andre Phillips of Lot 8 Adelphi Village had explained that he was returning home from the Reliance Police Station just around 7 pm on Monday, when a resident informed him that his house was on fire. “When I run and come, I see the whole house on fire I couldn’t a save nothing”, he said.
Phillips had been renting the four-bedroom fully-furnished house since 2008. He noted, “Everybody for me abroad, me alone a live, the house furnish with everything.”
His aunt who was also at the scene added, “Everything gone for him, he get one big TV, one new bed he buy recently, all he documents, everything gone.”
On Monday evening Phillips asserted that the fire was related to the matter he had at the Reliance Police Station. He said that he had faced threats over the last two days.
According to the man, he reported the incidents to the police “and this is the result, this is wah I get… I was threatened if they can’t get me in the lock up this is wah I get.”
Acting Commander of Region Six, Kurleigh Simon yesterday confirmed that the matter is being “treated as a suspected case of arson”.
He further confirmed that one person was in custody for questioning.
