Musician and legendary pannist, Roy Geddes, was yesterday attacked by a lone gunman who carted off two gold chains after beating the 72-year-old in front of his home.
The elderly man sustained a severe blow to the head for which he was treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital and sent away. He yesterday displayed several wounds he suffered to his head after being gun-butted by the perpetrator.
At his Lot 190 Roxanne Burnham Gardens home, Geddes explained that it was around 14:00 hours when he was in his front yard tending to his flower garden that the bandit pounced on him.
“I been doing my chores out there as usual, I does do all my gardening, weed and clean and everything and this guy come out of nowhere,” he said.
Geddes said he wrestled with his attacker for a brief period before he was struck to the head with a weapon and became dizzy. However, during the physical confrontation, the bandit’s shirt came off. This was handed over to the police, according to Geddes.
The music icon told this newspaper that his two chains, one of which carried a steel pan pendant, were ripped from his neck and the man escaped. Geddes was unable to estimate the cost of his jewellery but said it was well over $100,000.
