Armed
bandits rob,
terrorise
Newtown
family
A
family of five endured a
harrowing experience
after three masked
gunmen entered their Lot
181 D'Abreu Street,
Newtown, home early
Friday morning, and
carted off an estimated
1M in cash and jewellery.
Forty-one-year-old Hemrajie
King sustained
head injuries after
receiving a severe
beating from the
perpetrators.
She is being treated at
the Georgetown Public
Hospital Corporation
According to her eldest
son, Bharrat, 24, who
was at home and tightly
bound at the time of the
robbery; the incident
occurred between 1 and 2
am.
He said that he was
suddenly awakened by a
man who was holding what
appeared to be an
automatic handgun, and
pointing at his face.
King said that he was
then taken to his
parents' room.
There, he and his father
Kirk, 45, had their
hands feet and faces
taped together, before
being placed face down
on the floor.
According
to Bharrat, the men
started to beat his
mother almost
immediately after
binding him and his
father.
He said that they
dragged her into the
hall of the house where
they hammered her head
and right side face with
the butt of the gun,
while demanding money
and jewellery.
He said his father had
direct the bandits to a
quantity of cash which
he had stashed in the
bedroom shortly before
he was taped up.
Unsatisfied with the
amount received, they
continued to beat the
woman mercilessly until
she retrieved some
smaller pieces of
jewellery complementing
a set which had been
handed over a short
while before.
They also threatened to
kill the youngest member
of the family,
six-year-old Brandon
King, if more money
wasn't handed over.
According to (Bharrat)
King, by the time the
bandits were through,
they had received around
$1M in cash and
jewellery.
He said that three men
were inside the house
for almost 45 minutes,
as they rummaged through
the shelves, cupboards
and wardrobes in search
of more valuables.
Five men were said to be
on the involved in the
robbery - with two as
‘lookouts' - and the
King family strongly
believes the
perpetrators were from
around the Newtown area.
According the Bharrat
King, the men had to
have been aware of the
family's routine since
they took all the
necessary precautions to
ensure that the
neighbours across the
street, and relatives
living down stairs, were
not awoken or alarmed.
From the available
evidence, the
perpetrators' point of
entry, appeared to be a
louvre window near the
front door, which was
removed and the wooden
bars inside wrenched
out.
Of the five men,
according to the Kings,
one appear to be in his
early teens, small
enough to fit through
the little space left by
the removed louvre.
Hemrajie King is still
in the care of the GPHC;
having underwent a cat
scan, due to the
extensive head and face
beating. Kirk King, who
was also beaten in the
face and chest,
sustained minor
injuries.
No one else was injured
during the ordeal.
Additionally, it was
noted that the men
apparently had a car
waiting for them about a
block away, since they
disappeared mere seconds
after heading north on
D'Abreu street.
