Police held three men after a Soesdyke family was robbed yesterday morning of cash and jewellery.
Alita Bacchus told Stabroek News that she was awakened by the sound of glass breaking and thought that her husband had left the freezer in their shop on, causing the bottles to break. She said she roused him to make a check and as Wilson Bacchus proceeded to the refrigerator in the kitchen first, the sound of breaking louvre windows at the back of the house alerted him to the robbers.
By the time Wilson shouted “thief” the men had already entered the house and fired a shot at him. They then instructed him to “shut up and don’t holler,” as they pushed him into the living room and ordered him to lie on the ground, Alita said. The woman said she had been fast on her husband’s heels when he left the bedroom but retreated when she realised what was happening. She said her fear caused her to shake and as she attempted to lock the bedroom door her hands could not locate the keyhole so she simply slumped back against the door.
