Man charged after ex-girlfriend set on fire Quote:
GLACE BAY, N.S. — A man accused of a horrific attack in which his ex-girlfriend was set on fire has a history of violence against the 19-year-old woman.
Police say Gerald Anthony Mahoney, 23, poured gasoline on the woman’s legs and ignited it last Wednesday.
The two were alone in a garage at a home where a house party was underway at the time, and the woman ran outside and rolled on the ground to extinguish the fire, said Const. Gary Fraser of the Cape Breton Regional Police.
Fraser said she received extensive burns to both legs, and was listed in stable condition.
Fraser said when they spoke to the woman she told them Mahoney had also shot her in the right eye with a pellet gun in May. He said the woman received a superficial injury, but had not reported that incident before.
Mahoney has been charged with assault, aggravated assault and assault causing bodily harm in connection with the incident last week. He has also been charged with assault with a weapon in relation to the incident in May.
He was denied bail Friday and will be back in court Monday in Sydney. Police said they intend to argue that Mahoney should be held in custody.
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Where the hell do these people come from anyways? Who actually thinks they can get away with something like setting your girlfriend's legs on fire or shooting them in the eye with a pellet gun?
Bring back the Eye for an Eye laws, I say.