Ice-cream vendor, 15, beaten, robbed of $100

A TEENAGER selling ice cream from a cart, was robbed in broad daylight at Point Fortin on Tuesday, police said.

Eliza Nedd, 15, a sales person of Flavorite Ice Cream, told police he was pushing the cart along Warden Road around 2.30 pm, when a man whom he knew, attacked him. Nedd reported that the assailant dealt him several blows about his body, then took his day’s sales of $100 from his pocket. The bandit made good his escape on foot. Point Fortin police are continuing inquiries. Meanwhile, Rousillac resident Amar Ali reported that his pick-up van was stolen sometime between Tuesday night and the early morning hours of Wednesday. Ali, of Grant’s Trace, said he parked and secured his Mazda van, valued $35,000, in the garage at his home around 10 pm, but when he awoke the next morning, he discovered the vehicle missing. A cellular phone valued $700, which was left in the van, was also stolen. The police were notified and investigations are continuing.