Gunmen storm WBD sawmill owner’s home

A 53-year-old businesswoman and her teenage nephew are now nursing wounds to their faces after they were attacked and robbed by three gun-toting bandits who stormed their home early Saturday morning.
Injured are Elizabeth Gherow of lot L Bakery Street, Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara (WBD), and her 14-year-old nephew.
Reports are that at about 05:45h on Saturday, three men who used clothing to conceal most of their faces, rushed into the woman’s home just as she had opened the door to the western side of the building.
Gherow, who owns a sawmill, was held at gunpoint by one of the armed men, who pushed into her house as his accomplices followed.
One of the men used his weapon to deal a blow above her right-side eye while he demanded that she hand over cash to them. By this time, the woman’s 14-year-old nephew heard the commotion and ventured into the living room. He too was confronted by the gunmen and was gun-butted by the bandits who continued to demand their valuables. The men then ransacked the woman’s house and found a large quantity of gold jewellery along with $700,000.
Satisfied with their loot, the men quickly rushed out of Gherow’s house and ran through the street to make good their escape.
Speaking with this publication, Police Commander of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), Assistant Police Commissioner Simon McBean confirmed that the woman called Police immediately after the men left.
Investigators responded and recovered clothing, which is believed to have been used by the bandits to conceal their identities, near the woman’s house on the pathway leading to the entrance of her yard.
The cops also retrieved closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from surveillance cameras that are around Gherow’s house.
McBean noted that the footage is presently being reviewed by Police.