Bastien speaking to HTS News Force.
A Bexon man, who sustained severe burns during an attack by several female neighbours about one week ago, is concerned that he’s yet to receive feedback from the police in connection with the incident, which has left him scarred, disfigured and in severe pain.
Stephen Bastien, also known as Bas Coco, said he was summoned to the home of a young woman whom he did odd jobs for, on and off.
When he arrived at her home, and climbed up the steps, Bastien told HTS News Force that the young woman attempted to pour a container with liquid substance on him.
He said though he held onto the container, she managed to capsize it on him. Other female relatives, including the alleged perpetrator’s mother and sister, also joined in the verbal and physical attack, he claimed.
Bastien further alleged that the young woman followed him on the road and slapped him in the back three times with a cutlass. She also went to his home and ripped off his door, he alleged.
Bastien said the attacker accused him of sexually assaulting/raping her sister, which he denied.
The injured man strongly believes that the substance used to burn him is not boiling water, but highly concentrated acidic substance.
St. Lucia News Online (SNO) was told that the alleged attacker is about 15 years old.
Efforts to get official information about this incident from the Police Press Office and other other senior officers since the weekend have proved futile. The press officer is said to be busy attending to other tasks.
