Alness pensioner succumbs to injuries one month after robbery

Gilford Goodchild
Gilford Goodchild

Alness Village, Corentyne pensioner Gilford Goodchild, who was beaten during a robbery at his home in early May, has succumbed to his injuries at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

According to relatives, Goodchild, 76, died on Friday evening in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

Goodchild was hospitalised after two armed bandits invaded his home on May 8th.

The man had sustained major head injuries along with other injuries about his body.

His wife, Kaymeah Goodchild, 71, was also assaulted during the attack.

The bandits gained entry by cutting an iron bar on a window located on the lower flat of the building.

Kaymeah had explained that she and her husband were asleep when the bandits entered their room. “Them torch something in my eye and me couldn’t see is who and them demanding money and me tell them me na have money,” she had said.

She added that the bandit then became upset and dealt her a blow to her head. She said as he tried to hit her again, she raised her arm in defence, while her husband made attempts to grab one of the men but he was thrown to the ground and then beaten.

He was assaulted with a weapon, stomped and punched multiple times about his body.

According to the woman, the bandits did not ransack the house but escaped after her grandson had handed over the $5,000 he had. They also took a gold ring and a cell phone.