Senior Reporter
sascha.wilson@guardian.co.tt
Investigators were expected to seek advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions last evening on charging a 40-year-old man in connection with the death of Freeport mother of two, Afiya Adams.
Adams, 41, was severely burnt during an altercation with the man at her Maraj Ave home on Saturday.
It is alleged that he doused her with gasoline and set her on fire when she returned home around 5.30 am.
The man also suffered burns to his hands.
However, a relative of the accused denied that he was responsible for her burns.
She claimed that Adams had accidentally set herself on fire when she threw gasoline into a fire that was already in the yard and the suspect had tried to help her.
Adams died around midday on Wednesday. An autopsy performed on Friday listed the cause of her death as sepsis and antemortem burn injury.
The suspect had surrendered to police on Sunday night.
Officers of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region 3 are investigating.