After robbery…
A ROBBERY committed on a young cosmetology student has caused her to have second thoughts about wearing gold jewellery again.

Dammiel Shepherd (no address stated) was still shocked by the Wednesday morning experience when she recounted her ordeal to the Guyana Chronicle yesterday.

She said, shortly before she was robbed, she had left the King Street, Georgetown beauty parlour where she is undergoing training and was on her way to Vendors Arcade to make a purchase.

Shepherd said, while going back to the salon, along Regent Street minutes after 10:00 h, someone offered complimentary remarks about her hairstyle and she saw the slim built, full-eyed, slightly bearded male admirer.

However, on ascending the stairs to her destination, she realised she was being followed and, as she was about to turn around and enquire why the person was walking so close behind her, the robber grabbed at her gold chain and she fell backwards on the stairs.

Shepherd said, because the chain was sturdy, it did not burst and the thief dragged her to the bottom of the steps.

She tried to scream but the chain choked, preventing the effort and, eventually, the bandit was able to relieve her of his booty.

Some others who witnessed the incident were left stunned and did not raise the alarm until the criminal had escaped South along King Street and into Charlotte Street, also in the city.

However, Shepherd is confident she can recognise the man who stole her prized possession, if she sees him again.

Meanwhile, her mother, Roxanne Shepherd praised God for sparing her daughter’s life, as she feared the outcome could have been fatal.

Somebody needs to get these people off the roads. You can’t walk in peace for these young men who don’t want to work,” the woman remarked, while urging other people to desist from wearing gold and use costume jewellery, instead, for safety.

Touts at work!

Commuters continue to be swarmed by bus touts at the Stabroek bus park despite complaints of harassment and theft of personal items during the mad rush to garner passengers. (Cullen Bess-Nelson photo)