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Gunman terrorize household at relative’s request
A family living in Stevedore Housing Scheme in South Ruimveldt was in a state of shock, yesterday, when their aunt allegedly with the help of three hired thugs, tried to evict them forcefully from the premises.
The house in question that had its windows and doors broken and the inside ransacked
According to Mellissa Dundas, one of the persons living in the disputed property, her aunt Ilene Durant, resides abroad and would visit Guyana from time to time. She explained that when the aunt is in the country she would always make their lives miserable with her actions.
This time around Dundas said that the woman came with three men who were riding motorcycles and watched as the men invaded the premises and did a number on the house.
They broke all the windows of the house, as well as the door and upon gaining access to the property threw all the items that were in the house outside in an apparent effort to evict the family the woman explained.
The three men who claimed that they were policemen were armed with machetes and one was armed with a gun, the family members related. “I telling them man y’all can’t come in the house; y’all have to get a warrant to come in the house, he claim that them ain’t got to get no papers or anything to show, that them is police.
“One of them draw a short cutlass and the other two drew hammers and they start breaking up the window and while I trying to stop them one of them draw a gun and said that he is police and the come to take off the roof and burn the house down,” said Melissa.
Mellissa said however that they later identified themselves when they said that “the woman paid her money, so she money talking.”
She said that when she called for her phone to take out their pictures her aunt and the men quickly escaped.
When the incident broke out police were summoned to the scene, according to Mellissa. They came after her aunt left, took statements, and left with some of the family members that went to provide further information to assist the police in their investigation.
According to Melissa, just as she finished carrying their furniture inside the three men came back with their aunt to continue with what they set out to do. Their attempts at destroying the place this time around, proved futile since the other residents within the community started stoning the men before they could come off their bikes.
The stoning forced them to flee the area with the aunt, Durant, in hot pursuit.
One of the residents was able to record a two-minute recording of the incident capturing the aunt and the three armed thugs as they were leaving the premises the first time around.
This footage was shown to the police who the family said was able to identify one of the men as a known offender of the law.
The woman of the home who wanted to remain anonymous explained that she had received $500,000 from her family abroad to rehabilitate the house beyond the renovations that she already did.
That money along with their family jewelry was taken when the thugs ransacked the house and threw the stuff out, she outlined. The scared woman said that one of the three men told her that they will return to burn down the house last night.
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