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Crying baby helps housewife outsmart would-be thief

Sep 27, 2013 News

 
Aided by her crying baby and an alert neighbour, a 31-year-old housewife outsmarted a would-be thief who attacked her in her Area E, Ogle, East Coast Demerara residence yesterday.
The saga of the baby, the neighbour, the mother and the thief began around 10:00 hrs yesterday, when the housewife, sitting in a room and engrossed on her computer, suddenly felt an arm around her neck from someone behind.
She somehow managed to spin around and came face to face with a young man, who warned her to be quiet and demanded ‘the money and the gold jewellery.’ Instead, the woman screamed, and the intruder cuffed her to the face. He again demanded that she hand over her valuables, and this time the housewife took him to another room in the house.
But the victim had left her baby sleeping in a crib on the verandah, and fortunately, the baby woke up and began to cry just as the woman and the thief had entered the room. She reportedly pleaded with the thief to allow her to bring the crying child inside, and the robber then followed her to the verandah.
While the woman was bringing the baby inside, she spotted a female neighbour and managed to signal to the woman without being observed by the thief. The robber also saw the neighbour and reportedly shouted out, “I is de plumber.” But when his victim again signaled to her neighbour, the resident realised that something was amiss and began to scream.
The thief immediately jumped from the verandah and began to head out of the community. But residents, alerted by the women’s screams, gave chase and captured the would-be robber. He was then handed over to the police.
Kaieteur News understands that the suspect identified himself as a 22-year-old residence of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara.
He is likely to appear in court today.

 

 

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