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Pensioner to gunman: Pull the damn trigger

From Trinidad Express · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Three armed, masked men allegedly tied up an elderly couple during a home invasion in Mayo, Trinidad, and Tobago, stealing their car, cash and prepared food.
  • Baboolal “Pike” Ramnarace, 81, said he challenged one attacker to pull the trigger, while Minnie Hosein, 67, recalled being threatened for the vehicle keys and money.
  • The couple escaped after the intruders left and alerted neighbours, who contacted police; Ramnarace said he believed the robbery was a set-up.

Baboolal “Pike” Ramnarace was lying between sleep and wake when he heard his companion screaming in the kitchen. Before he could understand what was happening, he said, one of three masked men had forced him down and put a gun to his head.

The 81-year-old and Minnie Hosein, 67, were tied up inside his Cotton Hill Road home in Mayo, Bonne Aventure, on Tuesday. Ramnarace said the gunman bound his hands with tie-straps and gagged him with a pillowcase. The men then brought Hosein into the room and tied her to the bed.

Pull the damn trigger and let we dismiss the case and done.

· Baboolal “Pike” RamnaraceHe said he challenged an armed intruder during the home invasion.

Ramnarace said the attackers took about $30,000 silver Nissan B14, registration PBJ 9044, along with cash and food. He said he and Hosein had gone to buy groceries and medication earlier that day, returning home before noon. He later went to sleep while Hosein stayed in the kitchen.

Where the money, where the key, where the car?

· Minnie HoseinShe recalled the demands made by the attackers.

As a gun was held near his ear, Ramnarace said he became so overwhelmed that he told the attacker, “Pull the damn trigger and let we dismiss the case and done.” After the men left, the couple freed themselves and neighbours called police.

Hosein said the intruders demanded the money, keys and car before forcing a kitchen cloth into her mouth. They took $2,000 from Ramnarace and $1,500 from her, she said, as well as a pot containing four chicken foot. Ramnarace said the couple had withdrawn several thousand dollars from a bank and believed the robbery had been arranged. He said the ordeal had left him deeply worried and frequently crying.

They take up the pot with four chicken foot in it.

· Minnie HoseinShe described the food stolen during the robbery.
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Originally published by Trinidad Express in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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