Bandit beats, robs 99-yr-old Lichfield man

James Barrington ‘JB’ Layne

A 99-year-old resident of Lichfield, West Coast Berbice was badly beaten around 8 pm on Friday last when a bandit broke into his house and robbed him.

James Barrington ‘JB’ Layne had to be treated at the Fort Wellington Hospital for injuries he sustained to his neck by the man who “choked me and tried to kill me.”

Layne said a shirt which had $14,000 in its pocket and which he had hidden under his