Man beaten, gun-butted in carjacking
Ryan Seecharran
Two gunmen confronted a 24-year-old man and escaped with his Toyota Premio bearing registration number, PVV 4911, after beating and gun-butting him at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara around 19:30 hrs on Monday.
The victim has been identified as Ryan Seecharran of Third Street, Herstelling.
According to information received, Seecharran was sitting in his car when he was confronted by the two suspects. One of the men allegedly rushed up to him and demanded cash. Seecharran reported that the suspect said, “Give me my money boy.” The men were not wearing masks.
The victim told the investigating ranks that he does not know the men and has never seen them. He claimed that when the first suspect rushed up to him, the second bandit pulled out a gun from his pocket and started beating him.
“They beat him like he (victim) really owed them money, but that’s just their plot,” a police source said.
Kaieteur News was informed that after the men attacked their victim, they pulled him out of the vehicle and drove away.
The car has not been recovered.
Bandit drops ID card
–during failed ‘carjacking’ bid
A HIRE car driver who operates from the Soesdyke-Linden Highway junction escaped with minor injuries and his car after a “customer” attempted to hijack his vehicle on Sunday.
Reports are that the assailant approached Lester Grant at the “Soesdyke Junction” about hiring his car, HC5527, to take him “across the river” to the West Demerara.
But while they were in the vicinity of Crane, the customer, on the pretext that he wanted to urinate, asked him to stop so he could ‘relieve’ himself.
Though the report doesn’t say, Grant must’ve complied, which gave his assailant ample opportunity to pounce and assault him with a bottle. Grant reportedly put up a fight, which caused the would-be carjacker to flee the scene, leaving behind a bag with an identification card inside it.
According to the particulars on the ID card, the would-be carjacker is 21-year-old Michael Damian Tamesar.
The matter was reported to the Vreed-en-Hoop, as well as the Timehri Police Stations.
Meanwhile, a University of Guyana student sustained injuries in the head after he was assaulted and relieved of his car soon after arriving at his Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home on Monday night.
The young man, 24-year-old Ryan Seecharran, was attacked by bandits who stole his Toyota Allion motorcar bearing registration PVV 4911.
There has been a spate of carjacking in recent weeks. To date, the Guyana Police Force has not pronounced on the issue.