A
Danish tourist was robbed recently in broad daylight
British
couple robbed
A
British tourist was on Friday evening beaten and robbed after
leaving the cricket match which was played at the National
Stadium, Providence.
Visible
marks of violence of his face.
According
to reports, Bernard Melling, 55, of England, was attacked by
the driver of the taxi he boarded to go back to a guest house
in Middle Street where he is staying at. This occurred at
around 18:30hours.
Melling
told this newspaper that after the match he went to the first
taxi in a line of cars.
According
to him, he got in the passenger seat and told the driver to
take him to the Middle Street guest house.
However,
after driving for about five to ten minutes along the East
Bank Demerara Public Road, the driver turned into a small
street.
He
added that the driver stopped the car and started hitting him
and then somebody else got in the back of the car and started
hitting him from behind.
“The
next thing I remember is waking up lying in the middle of the
road.”
Melling
said that two people took him to the hospital before the
ambulance could. He also went to the police station.
He
added that he came to Guyana on January having seen a
documentary on BBC about Guyana the previous summer.
“I
have been traveling around South America for two months came
back at the end of January.”
Deputy
High Commissioner Simon Bond, said that the High Commission
met with Melling.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
