Krishnabal Lall, 50, of 532 Third Street, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, is now homeless after his nephew allegedly set his home on fire early yesterday morning.

The debris after the fire.

Lall, who is a security guard, and his nephew, Morilydat Persaud, known as ‘Roachie’, occupied the three bedroom house which was destroyed by the fire.

The elderly man said his nephew is constantly molesting him for money and on the night before the fire his nephew had again asked for money.

“I wuk from six in de morning to six at night and when me come home me see Roachie and he beg me fuh $300. Me give he the money and me even give he the food dat me daughter cook fuh me” said Lall.

The distraught man related that his nephew asked for more money, and after he refused to give him more, Roachie began cursing him.

Krishnabal Lall at a nearby shop in the village recounting the incident

Lall said he immediately went to his daughter’s home, not far away, to spend the night, since he knew that his nephew would have made him miserable.

“He always deh drinking high wine and smoking and every time he want money from me. Me had to come out de house cause he does want hit and cuss me up” the man said.

Lall said after both of his nephew’s parents died, he took him in to live in the downstairs of the house. He said he will have no mercy on his nephew since he has now made him homeless and he will have to make do with whatever little he has. He said for the time being, he will ask his employer to give him the night shift and he will spend the day at his daughter’s home.

He said the West Ruimveldt Fire Service responded promptly, but because the building was old, the fire quickly destroyed it.

Neighbours thanked the firefighters for quickly putting the blaze out and for preventing it from spreading to a nearby church and other houses
Persaud was arrested and is at the Providence Police Station.