Robbery fright
By Natanga Smith Hurdle | Tue, September 18, 2012 - 12:10 AM
A DISTRAUGHT MOTHER is thanking her lucky stars that her only child is alive and well following a botched armed robbery just after midday yesterday at CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank on Fontabelle.
Cheryl Thorne, who works at the Esso gas station at Holborn, was still at work when the DAILY NATION visited her yesterday. She said her son was “a little shaken but okay”.
“He came back here after he went to the doctor and he is now at the police station giving a statement.”
A soft-spoken Thorne said her son, who also works at the gas station, was depositing cash at the branch, as he did every day.
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My hope is that the press becomes more cognizant of their responsibility to the citizens of Barbados, and that they discharge that responsibilty sensibly and with utmost integrity.
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Comment LinkIts pretty obvious that someone else was watching that ROUTINE for an Opportunity to strike, thank God that the attacker was not really that desperate to use his weapon or it could have ended differently.
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