Businesswoman Joan Williams, who was robbed at her Joseph Pollydore Street restaurant and bar on Monday night, has had her valuables returned.
Two gunmen invaded the Serenity Restau-rant and Bar that night and robbed Williams and patron Orin Hudson of a quantity of personal jewellery, two cellular phones and cash. Hudson, who is a licensed firearm holder, fired at the fleeing robbers.
Robin Akeem Holder, one of the robbers, sustained a gunshot wound to the jaw and was apprehended by persons at the scene. The businesswoman’s jewellery and other valuables, a relative told Stabroek News yesterday, were taken by Holder and police were able to recover them.
However, the second perpetrator, who managed to escape, had Hudson’s valuables in his possession. Investigators were still hunting for the man yesterday. He managed to escape with a gold chain, band and ring, two cellular phones and about $20,000.
Williams, the relative said, was still traumatised from the episode but she has indicated that she will carry on her business as per normal. The businesswoman, the relative said, has stressed that she will not be “scared into shutting down her business.”
Meanwhile, in a press release issued yesterday, police said that Holder, who is a resident of North East La Penitence, Georgetown, was a patient under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The man’s condition, Stabroek News learnt, has improved.
The release indicated that police are investigating the robbery. The two men, according to police, held up the businesswoman and her patron and robbed them of their gold jewellery and two cellular phones. As Holder and the other man were leaving, Hudson drew his licensed firearm and discharged several rounds at the fleeing men, hitting Holder to his face, while the other escaped. Reports reaching this newspaper said that the second man was wounded to the shoulder.
A .32 Special Taurus revolver and gold jewellery, police said, were recovered from the person of Holder.
