KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) has condemned an attack against the country’s assistant national coach Wesley Charles earlier this month.
Media reports here say Charles was rushed to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital after he was doused with a hot substance through an open window while he slept in the early hours of September 12.
The incident is reported to have left the former national defender with severe burns including his chest, stomach, arms and legs.
SVGFF president Venold Coombs says the federation will be making every effort to assist the injured coach, especially with medical cost.
“It is extremely hard for me to look at him in that state. That is wickedness,” declared Coombs.
“But I have to give him the support I would give to all footballers. He is one of us- a member of the football family and we have to do what we can.”
Charles represented SVG over 100 times and also played professionally in Europe and America.
Last year he was drafted into the coaching staff of the senior national team to assist his former colleague, Cornelius Huggins.