Belmont couple shot

Eva Charles-Fraser, 65, and her husband Mc- Donald, 85, are listed as being in serious but stable condition at Port-of- Spain General Hospital nursing gunshot injuries to the hip and back respectively.

According to police reports, at about 1.07 am McDonald and his wife were asleep at their Belmont Valley Road home when he was alerted to the sound of someone opening the front door. He made a check and was confronted by two gunmen who demanded cash and other valuables. After robbing McDonald, the men forced the victim into the yard of his home where he was shot in the back. As he slumped to the ground shouting for help, his wife Eva who by this time had awakened and ran into the living room and was shot once in the hip by one of the gunmen. Officers of the Belmont police station were alerted and the elderly couple was taken to hospital where they underwent emergency surgery.

Relatives and neighbours of the couple said they believed the intruders could be from the area who knew the couple lived alone.