CRIMINALS yesterday sunk to an all-time low when they held up a physically challenged woman and robbed her of her wheelchair, leaving her lying on the sidewalk on Spanish Town Road in the vicinity of May Pen Cemetery. Coretta Vincent, a 37-year-old resident of Waltham Park Road, Kingston was travelling in her motorised wheelchair along the busy road, heading to downtown Kingston to buy goods for a small stall she operates in the commercial hub of the capital city when the armed thugs struck.
“I was going to town to purchase mi sweetie and other items to do my little hustling when a group of men drove up and held me up at gunpoint,” Vincent told the Jamaica Observer.
The disabled woman, who has lost the use of both legs and one of her hands, said she could not even raise her hands above her head when the criminals pointed their guns at her. The frightened mother of one said her life flashed in front of her as she began to brace herself for what was to come next.
She said she was preparing herself to be robbed of the little money she had to purchase the items but was left dumbstruck when the criminals did the unthinkable.
“One of the men come out of the van and him show mi him gun and seh a di wheelchair him want,” said Vincent, tears in her eyes as she related the ordeal.
“The men came out of the vehicle, took me out of the chair and left me on the roadside and then sped off in the vehicle,” she added. Vincent said she was so traumatised she could not even call for help as she lay on the roadside. Help came about 20 minutes later in the form of a cart operator, who took her downtown.
“A come mi a come on the road and see her on the roadside and put her on the cart and bring her come a town,” said the cart operator, who asked not to be named. Yesterday, other vendors in downtown Kingston were fuming over the cruel act.
“You can imagine if dem deal wid her that way a how dem would deal with the able-bodied persons,” said one vendor, who plied her trade along West Queen’s Street.
“All criminals like those you caan sorry fi dem when things reach dem,” said another vendor. The police say they are investigating the robbery.
Met u nuh si seh dem yah nowadays criminals is di lowest of the lowest. One time man use to thief and thief wid respect, kill and only kill dem who dem innah war wid, nevah kill women and children no mattah wah. Now lawd mi a tell u smh
I swear this world is seems to be getting very weird these are the days of signs & wonders Hmm shake my head
believe it or not someone is going to buy it from dem. #heartless
heartless mother heffas
When judgement day come oh boy!!
God mussi have nuh mercy pon dem
Pity she neva have ar tool tuck weh inna ar wheelie fe defend arself…
Any society wah start turn pon di weakest amongst dem is utterly lost.
To di dutty failed abortions wah do dis evil act, unno time coming sooner than unno tink. Unno guns and bullets wont save unno from what is in store. I hope that all of unno find unno self paralyzed and not even wheelchair unno get, crawl pon unno hands and knees like unno leave dis lady to. Unno gwine pray fi death, and it will be far from unno. Nuh return di lady wheelchair eena pristine shape and confess unno sins and see wah reach unno. No obeah and gyaad ring gwine wuck tideh day. Nuh bring back di lady chair and see!
They shall ask for water and there will be none to quench their thirst
heartless creatures. Hopefully somebody will inform when a used wheelchair shows up out of nowhere. Yes Met not a droplet a water
Somebody need fi used the wheelchair an wrap round dem neck. Evil!
*use
Oh gosh, I know her, always on her lil hustle. Dem days shall be bitter
Evil spineless set ah leech dem :marah