Jilted Boyfriend Sets Ex-Lover Ablaze

A Kenyan national, Erick Gichuki, shocked Bontleng residents when he invaded his former girlfriend, Carol Nyambura Tutu's residence with petrol and set her and her room ablaze at around 1 am recently. Both are recuperating at Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone.

The victim suffered serious body burns from the waist downwards. Gichuki is under police guard.

All the furniture, two beds, a refrigerator, chest of drawers, chairs, television set and a home theatre system, and identity documents, among other things, were destroyed in the inferno. One of the victim's roommates, who identified himself as Kabo Sam, says he was woken up by shouts.

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Closure as pain lingers

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