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		</div><p>The family of a British mother who died after being doused with a flammable substance and set alight as she lay in bed in Barbados say they are “shocked and devastated” by her death.</p>
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<p>Luton-born Natalie Crichlow, 44, was visiting family in the West Indies when she was attacked by an unknown intruder in a bedroom.</p>
<p>The mother-of-three, who had survived cancer twice and had two strokes in the past decade, was on a trip to help look after her disabled brother when she was attacked at his home in Christ Church on July 28.</p>
<p>Ms Crichlow suffered 75% burns to her body but died in hospital on August 6, the family say.</p>
<figure id="attachment_138262" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-138262" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-138262" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/C045E84F-C2D3-4706-B2E1-4E98D36F7809.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="443" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-138262" class="wp-caption-text">Natalie Crichlow, a British mother set on fire during a home invasion in Barbados</figcaption></figure>
<p>Her niece Ashley Best told PA: “The intruder broke in the house, then strangled her and then set her alight.</p>
<p>“I do not understand why it happened and we are all in a state of shock.</p>
<p>“She went into hospital and died of her injuries.</p>
<p>“For someone who had battled through so much to just be taken in this way and lose their life is just beyond understanding.”</p>
<p>“It is all just a shame.</p>
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<p>“She said she wanted to live life to the fullest because her life had nearly been taken from her.”</p>
<p>No arrests have been made, a spokesman for the Royal Barbados Police Force said.</p>
<p>Ms Crichlow, of Colingdale, north London, has three children, aged 10, 20 and 26 years old, who are “devastated” and want to get her back home to Britain for burial.</p>
<p>Ms Crichlow, who was also known by the names of Natalee and Karma, had worked in various jobs including as door staff and as a makeup artist.</p>
<p>She had been proudly living as an openly-gay woman for a number of years.</p>
<figure id="attachment_138261" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-138261" style="width: 303px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-138261" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BEF42690-EE93-416F-B71B-FE1374BBF593.jpeg" alt="" width="303" height="401" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-138261" class="wp-caption-text">Natalie Crichlow</figcaption></figure>
<p>Stabroek News in Barbados reported that police are on the hunt for a man who “barged into a house, choked a woman, doused her with a flammable substance and then set the house on fire”.</p>
<p>Ms Best said: “Justice needs to be served and our justice is to try and bring her home to rest.”</p>
<p>Family friend Mitra Wikes remembered Ms Crichlow as “a true survivor and warrior who endured so much in life but always kept going and had a true passion for living life to the max no matter what she had gone through”.</p>
<p>She added: “This is why it’s so heartbreaking that her life was taken in such a cruel way.</p>
<p>“After the death of her dear mother and uncle days apart earlier this year, she travelled to Barbados to deal with the funeral arrangements.</p>
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<p>“As her disabled brother was left alone as a result of the loss of her mother, Natalie regularly visited Barbados to look after him.</p>
<p>“It was during one visit when she was resting in his home (he was at a nearby care facility at the time) when an intruder entered the house, strangled her and doused her and the house in petrol before setting everything alight.”</p>
<p>A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to try and raise the money needed to bring her body back to Britain.</p>
<p>A Foreign Office spokesman said: “Our staff are supporting the family of a British woman following her death in Barbados, and are in contact with the Barbados police force.”</p>
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