Cutlass bandits kill man after robbery at Essequibo

Essequibo : The police are investigating the murder of Herman Ramnarine, 56 years of Lima, Essequibo Coast.

According to police information, housewife Haimwantie Ramnarine was at home when she was confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a cutlass. They tied her up and took away an undisclosed sum of cash and a quantity of jewellery and escaped.

Haimwantie later managed to free herself and went in search of her husband Herman Ramnarine whom she found lying motionless on the lower flat with injuries to his head, his hands tied behind his back and a piece of cloth wrapped around his neck. He was taken to the Suddie Hospital where he was pronounced dead.