Bandits target Berbice doctors – robber caught exiting through window
December 27, 2015, Source
DESPERATE home intruders have broken into the homes of two doctors between Saturday night and Sunday morning, carting off an undisclosed sum in cash and other valuables.According to reports, the bandits were trying to gain entry into the quarters of two Cuban doctors for some time now, before changing their target.
The house at which the robber was caught exiting through the window
The Cuban doctors say that between Saturday night and Sunday morning, persons tried to gain entry to their home by knocking out a few floor boards.
This was after the robbers made an attempt two nights before, when they removed a window from the house situated at Vryman’s Ervin, New Amsterdam.
On Sunday morning, a man was also seen next to the fence of the house the Cubans occupy. He was dressed in black.
On Saturday evening, an apartment occupied by Dr Vanessa Chan was burglarised in her absence. Reports are that she left home just before nightfall, but received a telephone call about four hours after, informing her that her living quarters was broken into.
Dr Chan said that when she arrived home, police were already at the scene conducting investigations.
The police reportedly found the door open and items scattered inside the lower flat of the two-storey building.
Jewellery, a wedding ring, passports, a DVD player, a tablet, two laptops, a digital photo viewer, and certificates along with other items, were removed from her quarters.
The robbers gained entry into the home by breaking the lock on the front door, after failing to get in through a window at the back of the house.
The bandits also tried to enter the upper flat of the building occupied by Dr Mohamed Yacoob. One window was removed, but bars prevented them from going further. They were, however, able to steal keys that were on a table near the window.
NOT AT HOME
Dr Yacoob was not then at home. According to him, he was trying to avoid the loud music which was coming from a nearby house.
Reports are that police had earlier arrived at the doctor’s quarters in response to a break and enter report but a guard on duty, who was unaware of what was happening, told the police that all was okay. The report the police received had come from someone residing in the street next to the doctor’s quarters.
The police, however, returned to the scene after the guard had confirmed that one apartment under her watch was burglarised.
By then, the perpetrators had made good their escape.
Several hours later, another guard was confronted by two men leaving the lower flat of the building in which the doctors reside.
According to reports, at about 03:30h on Sunday, a security guard reported that two men had jumped a fence to get out of the yard in which Dr Kester Persaud lives.
The guard later discovered that the back door to the house was opened, and called on the doctor, who was asleep.
The doctor lost a laptop, wrist watch, jewellery and a wallet containing bank cards, cash and his driver’s licence.
Meanwhile, a man was nabbed by police on Christmas morning as he was attempting to leave the home of a government employee who lives in Vryman’s Ervin.
Police were alerted that a man had entered the home, and when they arrived at the scene, the robber was leaving through a window.
A bag containing a quantity of household items was discovered next to the window. No one was at home at the time.
