A Stevedore Housing Scheme man can now use the soubriquet “one eye bandit” after his left eye was shot out by the police following a robbery committed on a Guyana Revenue Authority Official that went horribly wrong at Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara yesterday.

The 21-year old man was also wounded in his left shoulder after he and an accomplice were confronted by an alert party of policemen. His accomplice managed to escape. The police report is that Sunday ,Cheryl Embrack, 50, of Lot 812 Block Y, Golden Grove Housing Scheme, EBD, was entering her home when she was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The men took her upstairs into the house and took away a stereo set and a cell phone. While the robbery was in progress, neighbouring residents informed the police who responded and encountered the perpetrators as they were leaving the scene…[+]