-
woman
told
the
police
that
Fernandes
tried
to
rape
her
with
his
fingers.
A
55-year-old
man
is
now
at
the
Georgetown
Public
Hospital
Corporation
(GPHC)’s
Fernandes
Burn
Care
Unit,
nursing
injuries
to
his
neck,
back
and
hands
as
a
result
of
hot
water,
mixed
with
pepper
sauce
and
salt
that
was
thrown
at
him
on
Friday
last.
The
man,
Patrick
Fernandes,
of
57
Hadfield
Street,
Georgetown
told
Kaieteur
News
that
he
was
working
as
a
mason
at
La
Parfaite
Harmonie,
West
Bank
Demerara
when
his
employer’s
neighbour
doused
him
with
the
mixture.
He
claimed
that
his
employer’s
neighbour
would
unnecessarily
nag
him
for
no
apparent
reason
ever
since
he
started
working
at
La
Parfaite
Harmonie
last
October.
“Every
day
she
got
problems
with
me
I
don’t
know
why.
If
I
look
unintentionally
at
her
house
she
would
start
throwing
talks.”
Fernandes
said
that
on
Friday,
it
became
over-bearing
and
he
replied
to
her
comments.
“If
you
know
I
come
from
the
bush,
you
must
carry
me
back
na.”
He
said
that
the
comment
angered
the
woman
but
he
ignored
her.
The
retired
soldier
said
that
later
that
day
when
everything
was
calm
he
went
at
the
back
of
his
work
site
to
burn
cement
papers.
“When
I
bend
to
light
the
papers
I
feel
something
hot
on
my
back
and
I
start
to
holler
and
went
straight
at
the
pipe
to
wet
my
skin
and
the
woman
runaway.”
He
explained
that
he
immediately
went
to
the
La
Grange
Police
Station
and
made
a
report.
The
woman
was
invited
but
according
to
the
55-year-old
man,
she
narrated
“a
fantastic
plot
against
him.”
Kaieteur
News
understands
that
the
woman
told
the
police
that
Fernandes
tried
to
rape
her
with
his
fingers.
Fernandes,
however,
said
that
he
never
thought
the
woman
would
have
fabricated
such
a
story.
He
claimed
he
never
“take
a
good
look
at
the
woman
much
less
raping
her.”
Kaieteur
News
was
told
that
the
woman
is
at
her
home
and
has
been
meeting
with
“different”
lawyers.
Efforts
made
by
this
publication
to
contact
the
police
station
for
a
comment
was
futile.
(Romila
Boodram)
Saturday,
March
24,
2012
