Sascha Wil­son

A  La Ro­main cou­ple was ter­rorised, beat­en and robbed by armed in­trud­ers dur­ing a home in­va­sion yes­ter­day morn­ing.

The man, a straight­en­er and painter, and the woman, a house­wife, fell asleep at their home around 12.30 am.

They awoke around 2.30 am af­ter hear­ing the door open and saw a group of men in dark cloth­ing and wear­ing masks en­ter the room.  

The men beat the cou­ple on their faces and bod­ies, then forced them to lie on the ground and hogtied them.

The ban­dits then ran­sacked the house and stole TT$10,000 and US$1,000 in cash.

They al­so took jew­ellery, cell­phones and three bot­tles of cham­pagne val­ued at $9,800 and es­caped in a Nis­san B-15. 

The ban­dits gained ac­cess to the home by pry­ing open a glass slid­ing door. 

Of­fi­cers of the San Fer­nan­do Po­lice Sta­tion and La Ro­main Po­lice Sta­tion re­spond­ed, and the cou­ple was tak­en to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for treat­ment.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.