A Marabella doubles vendor was beaten and robbed during the early hours of this morning, after the suspect complained that the doubles he purchased were cold.
Around 1.30 am, the woman from Williamsville was selling doubles at the corner of Market Street and Southern Main Road in Marabella, when a silver Nissan AD wagon with four occupants pulled up and a man got out of the front passenger seat.
He asked for a doubles, which he handed over to someone in the wagon, then asked for another.
He then complained to the vendor that the doubles were cold, and they argued.
The man walked up to the vendor and began pulling a black object from his pants pocket. Thinking he was about to shoot her, she pushed him, and he stumbled against an empty beer case.
He became angry, picked up the case and hit her several times.
The man then grabbed an undisclosed sum of cash from under the cart.
The man then returned to the vehicle on the advice of the other three occupants and then left.
The woman was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital.