Maida Farm robbery victim bemoans police poor response time

Corentyne rice vendor Latchman ‘Anil’ Pooran is adamant that had the police responded promptly, at least one of the six gunmen who broke into his well-secured home several weeks ago and terrorized his household, would have been caught.

“If they din respond same time within that first half an hour I call, they woulda catch somebody,” an emotional Pooran said as he detailed for the first time the horror he, his wife and their children endured during the wee hours of December 21 last year.

According to his recollection the gunmen spent half an hour trying to gain entry into his home and spent another 20 minutes to