A sixty-year-old punter was yesterday afternoon shot in his upper right thigh by a gunman who also robbed him of four million dollars while at the All Seasons Horse Racing and Sports Betting on Robb Street, Georgetown.
The victim is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital. He has been identified as former boat captain, Terry Persaud, of Herstelling Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara.
Persaud told this newspaper that before going to the betting shop, he had visited the bank where he did a transaction. It is believed that the robbers trailed him from the bank to the All Seasons establishment where he was shot about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
