Bandit shoots off ‘private part’

The incident occurred on December 3 but yesterday doctors failed in an attempt to stitch back the vital organ.

Yesterday, police escorted him out of a medical institution and subsequently incarcerated him at the San Fernando Police Station.

Police are conducting investigations before laying charges against the man.

According to a police report, the man and another accomplice entered R & D grocery in Eccles Village, Williamsville, where they announced a hold-up at about 6 pm. Pointing guns at customers and the cashier, the men demanded cash, the report stated.

Both men took turns in pushing the money into bags while they kept the customers at bay.

Police said that as the men ran out the grocery, they fired several shots in the air as they headed towards a waiting vehicle.

However, police said as one of the bandits opened the door of the vehicle, he stuck the gun he was carrying into the waist of his pants. As he slumped into the seat, the firearm went off. Acting on a tip-off, members of the South-Western Task Force went to an abandoned house where they confronted a man lying on the floor.

Police officers said that the man’s testicles and penis appeared to have been rotting.

They rushed him to the San Fernando General Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.

Yesterday, police said that surgery to re-attach what was remaining of the bandit’s penis proved unsuccessful.

Investigations are continuing into the robbery and the search for the other bandit.