Woman lures man to robbery

A 35-year-old wo-man who arranged for a labourer to be ambushed, beaten and robbed by two men while he was escorting her home on Saturday was arrested and charged along with her two accomplices.

The Palo Seco woman and two accomplices, who are 41 and 31 years old, all of Rifle Street, were jointly charged with robbery with violence and are expected to appear before a Siparia magistrate today. Police reports indicated that around 5.30 pm, Ashok Partap, 38, of Beach Road, Palo Seco, was accompanying the 35-year-old woman home when he was confronted by two men. The men warned Par-tap that they were armed with a gun and began kicking and cuffing him while the woman looked on. When they were finished, the assailants and the woman ran off with Partap’s wallet which contained $275. The bruised man made his way to the Santa Flora Police Station where he made a report. Hours later the wo-man and the two men were arrested and charged. Partap was taken to the San Fernando Gen-eral Hospital where he was treated for cuts and bruises and discharged.