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Jun 02, 2016 News
The police have arrested one of the two suspects who reportedly robbed former British soldier, Edward John Constant, of a gold chain and a ring at the Stabroek Market, Monday morning.
The suspect, who has been identified as “Barker” of Kitty is likely to appear before the court today.
Kaieteur News was told that ranks, acting on information, picked up the suspect yesterday morning.
He was positively identified by his victim.
Also making the identification process easier for the former soldier was a mark on the suspect’s face. “When this man grabbed his (Constant) chain, Constant punched him in his face and he has a mark,” a police source said.
Up to press time, the suspect was allegedly providing the cops with information as to where the victim’s valuables could be found.
Seventy-year-old Constant was robbed of his cherished gold chain and a symbolic ring which was given to him by his late wife.
The former soldier tried valiantly to retrieve the items but his young assailants managed to escape.
Constant, who is in Guyana to celebrate the country’s Golden Independence Anniversary in keeping with a pledge he made 50 years ago, said that on Monday morning, he left the city hotel he was staying at, to go down to a bank to exchange some foreign currency.
He did not get to complete the transaction, so he decided to go sightseeing around the Stabroek Market area, where he began taking photographs.
“The next thing I knew was that someone had grabbed my shirt from behind and pulled it,” he said.
In the process, the thief had grabbed his gold chain to which was attached a diamond-crested ring.
“As he pulled it, he came towards me and I hit him….it was more out of temper, because I saw his face for about a second and I just punched him to the side of the head and he was gone,” the former British soldier related.
He ran after the fleeing man, shouting “Stop! Thief!” while chasing him towards the Stabroek Market.
Constant gave up the chase after running over some wooden planks and being barefooted, the task was onerous.
He was sure that if the odds were a little better he would have caught the thief, who disappeared into the crowded Stabroek Market.
“I thought, I’ve still got my iPad, I’ve got my money, I thought it’s not worth it.”
Fighting to hold back tears, Constant said that the stolen items mean a lot to him.
“My wife bought me the gold chain….she bought me a gold chain before she died and I put her wedding ring and her engagement ring on it and it’s gone,” the former soldier lamented.
Although he spoke of one man, Constant said that he was told by the police that the perpetrators were two youths.
He said, “A very nice taxi driver” came up and identified one of the thieves.
“He said ‘I know that man.” ….he said his (the thief’s) name was Quarter,” the British National recalled.
He said that he eventually picked up his slippers that he left behind while chasing after the thief, and after putting them back on, he made his way to the Brickdam Police Station where he reported the matter.
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