Jewel store owner robbed and shot

A 40-year-old jewel store owner was shot in the right thigh by bandits who held her up at her businessplace on Saturday night.

Reports revealed that around 7.30 pm, Marjorie Motilal and her brother Rollie were at Universal Jewellers located at the Naparima/Mayaro Road, Rio Claro, when  two men armed with guns entered the jewel store and robbed them of a quantity of cash and jewelry. The men then fired several shots one of which struck Marjorie Motilal in the right thigh. They escaped in a waiting car. The injured woman was rushed to a nursing home where she was treated and warded. PC Beebee is investigating.