A resident of Liverpool village on the Corentyne Coast in East Berbice is now in Police custody, having received a sound thrashing from the villagers of Alness — some distance from his home village — when he was caught at the foreshore in his failed attempt to escape apprehension after allegedly burglarizing a market vendor’s home.

The man, who gave Police his age as 35, had allegedly broken into the home of Port Mourant marker vendor Desire Kendall, a 37-year-old mother of four, who sells ground provision and fruits. She was not at home when the incident occurred.
According to Kendall, she was in the market selling when she received telephone calls from neighbours.

“They call and tell me that somebody jump in the verandah and dea inside the house. Right away ah leff the market…”
She said she rushed to her Lot 108 Alness Village, Corentyne home to find the thief surrounded by irate villagers.
The woman explained that when she went into the house, she discovered the entire house ransacked. Clothing was scattered on the floor and bed, while a wardrobe was broken open and its contents were thrown out. A clothes horse was also broken, while suitcases were upturned.

“He take out all the clothes from the closet, and move the chairs to see what under the chairs,” she explained. A cabinet with dinner wear was also disarranged.
Kendall showed this publication a hammer and cutlass which she said were found in a chair along with other house breaking implements. Lying next to them were two broken ‘piggy banks’.
“All the money from them gone, and I only get back some. I don’t know how much I had inside, but I know I had some $5000 bills, and none of them they find on him,” she said. Several pieces of gold jewellery were also missing.
Kendall added that the man gained entry into the house by climbing into the verandah, and then prising open a glass slide-door. When leaving, the man removed four louvre panes from the window situated at the back of the building to create a space to crawl through. He then made a hole in the fence and ran, but villagers were alerted and went after him.
Kendall said she was told that neighbours were alerted by the constant barking of her dogs and the sound of hammering inside the house.
Police took the man into custody and returned to the vendor the items found on the suspect.