A VANGUARD Estate man accused of stabbing his girlfriend and then dousing her with petrol has been sent to the mang.
The woman says as he stood over her with a lighter, she feared for her life, but thankfully he did not set her alight.
Wesley Baccus, 32, made his first appearance at the Athlone Magistrates’ Court last week after Manenberg police arrested him at his home.
The 30-year-old woman from Heideveld, who asked not to be named, says she was stabbed with a screwdriver during the ordeal which lasted an entire night.
She says she met Baccus, a drug addict, a year ago and soon after starting a relationship, he became abusive.
Feared
“We were together for a year and he was very jealous of other men. He smokes…
