Men claim ‘Jump-up’ set them on fire

Rohan Clarke a 51-year-old man of Chauncey is going about his daily life in much pain and discomfort after he was set on fire in the wee hours of last Friday morning.

Clarke told SEARCHLIGHT that he was sleeping on the sidewalk under the Salvation Army verandah when he felt heat in his face and upper body; he awoke and found that he had been set on fire.{{more}}

Clarke said that after the fire had been put out he went to the hospital and after he had been attended to he reported the matter to the police.

When SEARCHLIGHT contacted the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) about the incident we were informed that Clarke was the second person to report being set on fire that day. O’Carol Lewis reported that he had been set on fire around 4 a.m. on the same day as Clarke.

Ricky “Jump- up” Phillips a Bequia man who usually runs errands in Kingstown was held in connection with both incidents; however, a police spokesperson said that Phillips is deemed incompetent to stand trial so he was taken to the Mental Hospital at Glen. (AC)