UPDATE: Man shot in Fort Hill robbery, one suspect in police custody
Police Information Office - Monday, December 31st, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department have one man in custody for questioning in relation to a robbery on Fort Hill which has left one man with a gunshot wound to the leg.
The victim stated that he was at Maria’s Restaurant on Fort Hill around 7:15pm when he was approached by two armed masked men who demanded that he hand over his gold chain and pendant valued at $4000.
The victim resisted and was shot by one of the men in the thigh. The mask men then fled the scene with the jewelry.
The victim remains in hospital in stable condition.
One assailant is described as approximately 5’11 feet while the other is about 5’5. Both were dressed in dark clothing.
Police are appealing for any witnesses of robbery or any suspicious behavior around the restaurant prior to the incident. Information can be shared with any officer of CID by calling the RVIPF non-emergency three-digit access number 311.
Investigations continue into the matter.
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In a civilised country like the BVI, I am really disappointed at the type of comments people are willing to share in the face of criminality and injustice. A man was robbed, and a serious misrepresentation of us as a people have been sent throughout the world and yet there is no comment against the perpetrators or against the ongoing senseless acts of selfishness and wickedness by criminals in this country!! What a shame! What a shame! What a shame!
boyy tha chain cheap…..swear it had cost more than four thousand
DRUG MONEY!!!!, GET yhu wat yhu want!!! Drug!!! DRug!! MONEY$$$!!!
What’s your point you clown?
people ain’t stuck tola..if they want to sell gold if it’s ban on tola, they can and will go overseas.
and STILL the Gov allowing CASH FOR GOLD. I guess we have to wait until one of their family members get tax before them stop it
the people on the street buying gold and govt cannot control that. people need to talk. the official cash for gold does not attract these thieves.
Get rid of that business and the robbers have no place to sell
You mean to tell me I can’t meet a dude at an undisclosed location and purchase something he may or may not have stole without an advertised service like that?
If I were a robber ( I ain’t. Trust me.
) I would be robbing gold to go give to this place….unless the prices paid were really good. But even so man, getting rid of Cash for gold won’t necessarily curb this.
true but they will still find other reasons to rob people trust me.crime is an addiction it will take place no matter what
they dont need cash for gold when those palla walla man dem on mainstreet done line up to buy them and send mingo for big bucks. look deeper.
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