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Robbery victim believes Police are not “interested enough” in bringing criminals to justice

Jul 08, 2013 News

A Regent Street businesswoman who was attacked and robbed at her business spot two Saturdays ago is discontented with the efforts made by Police thus far to apprehend her armed assailants and she strongly believes that they are not “interested enough”.
The woman said that her ordeal was not a unique one and according to the Police, sufficient information was available for them to track down the perpetrators.
She said that police from the Alberttown Police Station informed her that the bandits were on a rampage and that several other reports had been received that gunmen with the identical description struck at other business venues that very day.
The woman said that the police told her that they have a clue who the criminals are. However, she is yet to receive an update of any sort from the police. “Nothing has been done, no phone call, nothing,” she said.
Further, she said that added to the fact that they hurriedly dealt with the issue on the evening that it happened, claiming that they were “tired and wanted to go home and rest”, the police were reluctant to ‘stretch their efforts’ so as to gain access to critical information that would assist in the case.
She said that the entire episode of the robbery had been captured by Government’s CCTV system on Regent Street as well as on systems owned by a few private business owners in the vicinity.
However, when she requested that the police use the footage recorded on the cameras, she was told “some of the cameras don’t even work and they could only get the footage if something happens to the ‘big ones’.”
Recalling the events of the evening, the woman related that at about 18:30 hours, two men emerged from a “dark coloured car” bearing no number plate, which was parked some distance away from her business location.
During the horrific events that ensued, her total day’s sale was lost and she and two of her members of staff were assaulted.
The woman said that during the ordeal, which lasted no more than five minutes, some of the gun shots that were fired missed her by mere inches.
She lamented that although she was placed in a situation where she almost lost her life, the law enforcement officers cannot provide her with justice and are allowing criminals to run free.

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