RUTH Peters, who was set afire by her reputed husband during a domestic squabble on September 16, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) early yesterday morning. Police reported that Peters, 24, of Murray Point, Mazaruni River, was burnt at Piari Landing, Mazaruni and was a patient at GPHC.
Her alleged attacker also suffered burns and is a patient under guard at the Bartica Hospital.
Meanwhile, on September 26, 2012, Carmelita Jones, 24, of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, succumbed at the GPHC.

Carmelita Jones reportedly suffered severe burns at her home on September 18, 2012, when it is alleged that her reputed husband, Melroy Simpson, 34, threw a flammable liquid on her while she was holding a lamp that was lit at the time.
 
Melroy Simpson was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on September 21, 2012, and appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate Court where he was placed on $200,000.00 bail.
 
He has since been re-arrested and is in police custody.