Doctor robbed inside hostel compound in broad daylight

A doctor attached to the Health Ministry was robbed inside the compound of a hostel located on Lamaha Street, Georgetown.
Police on Monday said that they are investigating a robbery with violence matter committed on a 49-year-old female doctor.
Reports are that the doctor was robbed of one Samsung smartphone valued at $25,000 on Sunday at about 08:30h.
Enquiries disclosed that the woman was sitting on a flowerpot inside the hostel’s fenced compound, checking her smartphone, when the suspect pushed open the gate, which was secured by an internal bolt, entered the compound, and approached the victim, who was still sitting.
He dealt her several slaps across her face and relieved her of her cell phone. He then ran out of the compound and escaped west on Lamaha Street, Georgetown. Police said that Several persons in the area were contacted and interviewed as investigations continue.