Bandit caught, beaten by Uitvlugt residents

A bandit is now in Police custody after he was caught by residents of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara (WCD) while attempting to burglarise the home of an elderly couple.
The man was caught around 21:30h attempting to enter the house of Edward and Cheryl Jones.
Reports reaching Guyana Times indicate that the suspect entered the elderly couple’s house through the back door, which was left opened.
However, unaware that the couple, who lived alone, had a visitor, the man sneaked in but was confronted by the couple’s grandson.
The grandson, Nigel Jones, 23, raised an alarm alerting residents to the thief.
Neighbours, who heard the commotion, responded and caught the bandit as he was attempting to run out of the elderly couple’s yard. Residents gave him a sound thrashing before calling the Police.
According to Jones, he was making a late night snack when he saw the back door to the house being opened.
“So I got frighten because I didn’t know if it was like a gang with guns and so I hide but I could still see the door, by the time duh I see he face. I know he from long, since I used to live here (Uitvlugt), so I just confront he and he run but I call out quick and so neighbour them come out and attack he,” the couple’s grandson stated.
He recounted that he was relieved that he spent the night at his grandparents’ house since the situation could have been a tragedy had he not been there.
“He know them live here alone so he probably think that he could have come in steal and get out but my grandfather is a man he would’ve confronted him and something bad could have happened, so I feel good that I was over here,” Jones explained.
The suspect is presently in Police custody and being processed for court.