Last week Friday, 7News told you about a robbery on Regent Street, in which a Magistrate's Court Clerk was targeted. Well tonight, we can report that the assailant got away with over $7,000 in cash.
According to police, the First Class Clerk reported that on Friday at around 4:05 p.m., she was accompanied by a special constable who was providing security while she made a deposit.
But while on Regent Street, a dark skinned man who was armed with a rusty handgun approached them. The assailant attacked quickly and struck the unarmed officer in the forehead with the weapon, and then pointed it at the clerk.
Fearing for her life, the clerk handed over the black plastic bag which contained a Belize Bank Night Deposit bag. Inside that bag was $7,634.90 in Belize currency, belonging to the Government of Belize.
The man then fled the scene, escaping with the money. The efficiency with which the attack was executed suggests that the assailant may have been running surveillance on the movement of money from the courthouse to the bank.
It is also a concern that the special constable was not armed, and couldn't defend the clerk or himself, much less the money. 7News has been reliably informed that this officer didn't have a weapon assigned to him by the Police Department.
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