Shot bandit unable to communicate
–accomplices still unknown

THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been unable to elicit information from the badly injured bandit, who, with his accomplices, had invaded the home of an Annandale businessman last Friday.A source close to the investigation yesterday informed the Guyana Chronicle that the bandit is still under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), and is not communicating with health workers or police. This newspaper was also informed that, since his hospitalisation, the bandit has had no visitors, thus making investigations harder, and it is now being hoped that the bandit would recover and the man would, in some form, be able to communicate with the care-givers.
It is not clear if the police tried to communicate with the bandit through writing.
With the man still unable to speak, compounding the lack of any form of communication between himself, doctors and the police, the identity of his accomplices would remain a mystery.
A police source yesterday confirmed that the police have not been able to make any headway in the incident, and that no one is being detained for the incident.
Last Friday, armed bandits made their way into an Annandale businessman’s home with intent to commit robbery, but were met with armed resistance from the businessman’s son. One of the bandits was shot, but his two accomplices escaped. The matter is still being investigated.

(By Leroy Smith)