Man douses family with gasoline, sets house on fire

The Police are on the hunt for a man who reportedly doused his family with gasoline and set his Brighton, Corentyne home on fire on Monday evening.
According to information reaching the Guyana Times, the suspect, Michael Lewis, 34, attempted to assault his reputed wife, Candacie Khedaroo, with a hammer on Monday afternoon because the woman had left the home with her three children due to his abusive behaviour.
Upon their return on Monday afternoon, the woman went to the house to collect her clothing to move in with her mother, but the man started to assault her. She managed to leave the house, but subsequently returned with her mother; but Lewis was nowhere in sight.
As she and her mother, along with her three children entered the home, the man showed up and doused them with gasoline but they managed to fight him off and run out of the house.
The suspect then set the house on fire before fleeing the scene.