Businessman discharged from hospital after being shot and robbed.

 

Georgetown : Businessman Lester Delon was discharged this morning from the Georgetown Public Hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound.

Delon was shot last night after being robbed by an armed man at Freeman Street, East La Penitence.

The police said Lester Delon was walking along the roadway on his way home when he was confronted by the armed man. Delon began to run and was pursued by his attacker who discharged a round which struck him to his right foot, causing him to fall to the ground.

The man then took away Lester Delon’s jewellery and escaped.