Gynaecologist, photographer robbed after leaving reunion

A gynaecologist and a 28-year-old photographer were, during separate incidents on Friday evening, robbed after leaving the St Joseph High School’s reunion activity at Woolford Avenue, Georgetown.
According to the Police, 33-year-old Judy Hung-Kem of Lot 134 De Silva Street, Newtown, Georgetown was relieved of a designer wrist watch valued at $45,000 by two males, one of whom was armed with a gun.
The Police said investigations revealed that the woman had attended the school’s function, and had parked her motor vehicle in a westerly direction on the northern side of Woolford Avenue in the vicinity of the Stella Maris Primary School.
At about 00:30hrs, she went to her vehicle accompanied by a male friend. While the two were in the vehicle, a male approached, opened the vehicle’s door and pointed a gun at the head of the male, who was also dealt two blows to his head.
After confiscating the valuables of Hung-Kem and her friend, the gunman and an accomplice escaped on foot in a westerly direction along Woolford Avenue.
At about 22:00h that same evening, the vehicle of 28-year-old photographer Yusuf Ali of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, who also had attended the St Joseph reunion, was broken into while it was parked on Woolford Avenue. The thieves escaped with valuables amounting to $360,000.
The photographer told Guyana Times on Saturday that he had parked his Mazda Axela motorcar in front of the St Joseph High School on Friday evening, and when he returned to the vehicle, the locks were broken, and his bag which contained cameras, batteries, chargers and several other valuables was missing.
Ali said he reported the incident to the Alberttown Police Station, and the Police have since dusted the vehicle for fingerprints.
Investigations into the two incidents are ongoing.