Driver and his car end up in trench after failed bid to rob money-changer

Apr 24, 2013 News

Orin Braithwaite, a 62-year-old money-changer, of 419 Mango Lane, East Ruimveldt, was yesterday stabbed several times about the body as he thwarted an attempt to rob him by a man who had lured into a car under the ruse that a gold transaction was imminent.
Police in a press statement issued shortly after the incident which occurred at

A public-spirited citizen takes Orin Braithwaite to a waiting vehicle

around 10:15hrs, said that Braithwaite was in the vicinity of America Street when he was approached by a man who claimed that he had a quantity of gold to sell.
Kaieteur News understands Braithwaite got into the front passenger seat of the vehicle that the man was driving, a Toyota Sprinter, bearing licence plate number PKK 1155, so that they could go to somewhere more “private” to carry out the deal.
The police statement added that the car was on D’Urban Street when the driver pulled out a knife and attacked Braithwaite, in an attempt to take away his bag which contained a large sum of money. A scuffle ensued in the moving car which ended up in a ditch on D’Urban Street, close to Cross Street. The perpetrator was swiftly apprehended by members of a passing police patrol.
Braithwaite was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he underwent surgery, and was later hospitalised.
The victim’s “money bag” was also recovered.
The car was reportedly rented by the suspect and its number plates had been changed. The alleged assailant remains in police custody as investigations continue.