LBI residents fearful after recent robberies

Earl’s Court, LBI residents say these bushes are a haven for criminals and a danger to the community.

By John Richards

Following robberies over the last three weeks, including a knife-point attack on an elderly woman yesterday, residents of Earl’s Court, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara say they are living in fear and called for more security.

Although residents were happy with the prompt response of the police yesterday, they said there is a need for officers to be stationed in the community and urged a mobile parole in the area at least in the night and a few times during the day.

In the first of two daylight attacks in the area yesterday, the