A Moruga woman has been left traumatised after she was beaten and robbed during a home invasion on September 24,
The 69-year-old retiree told police she secured her St Mary’s Village, Moruga Road home around 8 pm and went to bed.
However, at around 1 am, she was awakened by her bedroom door opening and saw three men standing inside her room.
She said one man had a hammer while the other two had cutlasses. One of the men used the flat side of his cutlass to beat her on the leg while demanding money and jewellery.
The woman said she handed over $700 but the bandits demanded more money. The men began ransacking furniture in the room and she noticed a fourth assailant was standing outside her room.
The men then left the house and ran off.
The victim later made a check and realised that $5,000 in cash, a pressure washer valued $3,500, a weed wacker valued $3,500 and a cell phone and Samsung television – both yet to be valued – missing.
Investigators said the bandits gained entry through a glass sliding window.