Sophia wife-killer to be sentenced today

Wazim Perreira will this morning know his fate in connection with the killing of his reputed wife, who died shortly after she had been set on fire at her Sophia, Greater Georgetown home in 2019.
This former Sophia resident has been convicted for the 2019 murder of 23-year-old Olivia DeFreitas, and his sentencing hearing is scheduled for today before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall.
Reports are that at approximately 13:00h on September 9, 2019, Perreira visited DeFreitas’s home and requested to speak with her. However, when the woman refused to entertain his request, he went away, but returned shortly after
with a container containing gasoline, which he reportedly threw on the woman and set her afire.
As the woman’s loud screams rang out, neighbours ran to her rescue, and rushed her to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), where she was admitted and treated for second-degree burns to her face, chest, abdomen, and back. She, however, succumbed to her injuries a month later.
When DeFreitas was admitted to hospital, Perreira had been charged with attempt to commit murder. However, the charge against him was upgraded to murder after her passing. (G1)