Veronica Atherley, the newspaper vendor who was accidentally shot on Saturday while sitting at her stand at Stabroek Market is in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

She was writhing in pain yesterday afternoon nursing a gunshot wound to the hip.

The 59-year-old Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, resident was shot around 17:30h on Saturday as she sat at her stand at Stabroek Market, Georgetown.

Atherley was accidentally shot by a businessman, a licensed firearm holder, when he fired at two thieves who had snatched his gold chain.

The thieves managed to escape.

The businessman was rescued by the City Constabulary when a mob of angry vendors and others attempted to assault him.