Held at gunpoint, women robbed by motorcycle bandits in Parfaite Harmonie

Police are investigating an armed robbery that left two women traumatised after they were attacked at gunpoint in their own yard at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, on Thursday night.

The incident occurred at around 21:30 hrs. The victims have been identified as 26-year-old teacher Rayleen Patterson, who lives at Parfaite Harmonie, and her aunt, Alicia Brown of Sophia.

Reports indicate that the women were standing in Patterson’s yard when two men on a motorcycle rode up and confronted them.

One of the suspects, described as wearing a black face mask, black jeans, a black T-shirt and black Polo slippers with white logos, brandished a handgun and ordered the women to hand over their valuables. His accomplice was dressed in black-and-white boots, grey pants, a black face mask and a white shirt.

Fearing for their lives, the women complied. The bandits escaped with Patterson’s gold chain worth an estimated $350,000, as well as $50,000 in cash and a pair of gold earrings valued at $25,000 belonging to Brown.

After the robbery, the suspects fled westward on the motorcycle. Police were alerted and arrived shortly after but the men had already disappeared into the night.

No arrests have been made so far. Ranks have launched a search for the suspects as investigations continue into the latest incident to unsettle the usually quiet community.