A 56-year-old security guard succumbed to his injuries on Monday after his niece had doused him with a pot of hot water on 16, June, 2018.

Dead is Hilbert Scott of Half Mile, Wismar, Linden. The police are hunting for his niece, 42-year-old Frances Harlequin, who resided at the same address in the same house, but in two different apartments. It is alleged that she is of unsound mind.

Reports indicate that on June 16, 2018, at about 09:30hrs, Harlequin reportedly lit a “coal pot” in her apartment and the smoke emanating from it began to affect Scott’s breathing.

As such, the man reportedly went over to the suspect’s apartment to request that she address the problem. However, the woman reportedly became annoyed and threw a pot of hot water, which was on the “coal pot,” on Scott.

The elderly man immediately reported the matter to the Wismar Police Station, and he was subsequently escorted to the Linden Hospital Complex to be treated for his burns, before being discharged.

Shortly after the man made his police report, Harlequin visited the police station and reported that Scott physically abused her, and as such, she threw hot water on him.

She was reportedly sent to seek medical attention. However, the woman never returned to the police station.

The following day, she was arrested and placed on self-bail two days later, while being informed that she was to appear in court on June 25, 2018. However, she never appeared after being charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

However, on June 21, 2018, Scott began feeling unwell and was subsequently admitted to the Linden Hospital Complex as an infection had taken over his burn wounds.

The victim’s condition allegedly worsened on Monday last and he died while being a patient in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.

A post-mortem conducted on Wednesday revealed that he died as a result of Generalised Sepsis ‘Septic’.