A PASTOR who has dedicated her life to the work of God was reportedly terrorised and robbed of an undisclosed sum of church funds last Friday night at Walton Hall on the Essequibo Coast.According to reports, Pastor Doreen Edwards who lives alone, was terrorised and brutally choked by a lone bandit who invaded her home at around 21:00 hrs on Friday night. Speaking to reporters, the Pastor of the El Shaddai Pentecostal Church said she was in bed but felt suddenly weak and lifeless at around 21:00 hrs and could not get off the bed.
According to the Pastor, her lights in the house suddenly came off and she wanted to know if it was a power failure but saw from her window that the lights on the road were still on.
The Pastor recalled that, in the darkness, she felt a hand suddenly grabbing her neck and starting to choke her. The woman claimed that the person choking her also demanded “the church money”.
The woman said with the hand choking her she soon became helpless and lost consciousness. According to the Pastor, after she regained consciousness the hand was at her throat again choking her.
The Pastor said she was in and out of consciousness several times and was choked almost four times by the bandit who had a “fat” hand.
She said when she finally was able to get off the bed she found her entire house ransacked and a bag with church funds missing. According to the Pastor, the front door of her home was left wide opened. She said the bandit gained entry to her home by removing louver panes on her window.
The Pastor, whose neck was badly swollen and bruised, said the bandit while terrorising her, emptied two bottles with cold water on her. She said the bandit also defecate on her bed before leaving. The Pastor who visited the Anna Regina Police Station to make a report was taken to the Suddie Public Hospital where she was admitted for several hours.
Police have so far visited the scene of the crime and are conducting investigation. No one has being arrested as yet.

By Rajendra Prabhulall