Bandits
attack
Newtown
bakery,
one
shot
A
bakery
employee
who
along
with
two
accomplices
attempted
to
rob
his
employer
is
under
police
guard
in
hospital,
nursing
gunshot
wounds
he
sustained
during
the
failed
bid.
Sherwin
Devonish,
called
‘Chiney',
was
shot
in
both
legs
after
he
tried
to
escape
from
police
who
confronted
him
shortly
after
the
robbery
attempt.
One
of
his
accomplices
was
also
captured
by
public-spirited
residents
after
running
into
a
nearby
house
as
Chiney
did
after
he
was
shot.
The
other
who
was
armed
with
a
gun
managed
to
escape.
The
entire
ordeal
originated
at
Nedd's
Bakery
at
the
corner
of
Garnett
and
Campbell
Streets,
Newtown,
at
around
06:30
hours
yesterday.
Recounting
the
ordeal,
bakery
proprietress,
Parbattie
Nedd,
said
that
Devonish,
who
was
employed
with
her
for
about
four
months,
turned
up
for
work
early
yesterday
morning
and
informed
her
that
he
had
brought
two
of
his
friends
for
employment.
The
woman
said
that
she
informed
Nedd
that
she
did
not
need
the
extra
help
but
that
he
could
wait
until
her
son
arrived,
and
proceeded
to
begin
business
for
the
day.
She
said
that
despite
this,
Devonish
brought
the
two
men
into
the
property
and
before
she
knew
it,
he
grabbed
her
around
her
neck
and
demanded
cash.
“I
didn't
know
was
who,
because
it
was
from
the
back.
I
fall
down
and
then
one
of
them
came
in
with
a
gun
and
he
put
it
to
my
head,”
Nedd
recalled.
She
said
that
she
began
screaming,
alerting
the
other
employees
to
what
was
taking
place.
According
to
the
bakery
proprietress,
she
recognized
Devonish's
voice
when
he
told
her
not
to
scream.
She
said
that
Devonish
enquired
from
her
about
the
‘upstairs
keys'
and
she
invited
them
to
take
a
box
with
cash
that
was
in
the
business
place.
“He
say,
‘We
ain't
want
de
box.
Where
is
the
upstairs
key?'”
Nedd
told
this
newspaper
that
while
all
of
this
was
taking
place,
Devonish's
accomplices
had
already
confronted
the
other
employees,
threatening
to
take
their
lives
if
they
did
not
comply
with
instructions.
One
of
them
was
armed
with
what
the
employee
described
as
a
‘pick'
or
a
‘jooker'
and
he
ordered
her
to
the
ground.
The
other
fled
into
the
lavatory
and
bolted
herself
inside.
The
other
female
employees
managed
to
escape
and
alerted
Nedd's
two
sons
who
were
in
another
part
of
the
premises.
The
sons'
response
caused
Devonish
and
his
two
accomplices
to
abandon
their
mission
and
flee.
However,
two
of
them
did
not
get
far.
While
Devonish
jumped
a
fence
into
a
nearby
yard,
one
of
his
accomplices
was
held
by
residents
who
had
also
responded
to
the
call
for
help.
She
said
that
the
other
bandit
who
was
captured
was
left
alone
in
the
shop
with
her
and
when
she
opened
the
door,
he
ran
into
the
waiting
hands
of
angry
residents.
“He
had
a
one
eye,
like
somebody
burn
up
he
one
side
face,”
Nedd
said.
By
this
time
the
police
had
also
responded
and
cornered
Devonish,
who
was
shot
while
attempting
to
escape.
He
was
struck
in
both
legs,
one
of
the
bullets
breaking
his
left
femur
(thigh
bone).
He
was
taken
to
the
Georgetown
Public
Hospital
where
he
underwent
surgery
before
he
was
immediately
admitted.
“The
neighbours
and
the
police,
they
all
responded
very
quickly,”
said
Nedd,
who
was
still
spitting
blood
while
talking
to
this
newspaper.
The
woman
said
that
she
never
expected
anything
like
this,
especially
from
one
of
her
own
employees.
“We
treat
everybody
well.
We
would
even
cook
and
share
with
all
the
employees.
We
would
even
lend
them
money
whenever
they
run
short
during
the
week.”
Police
have
since
launched
a
manhunt
for
the
other
bandit
who
managed
to
escape,
after
obtaining
information
from
his
accomplices.
Saturday
10-20-2007
