Robbery sole motive in miner’s slaying, family says

Gavin McNeil

Relatives of slain miner Gavin McNeil say there is nothing to suggest that robbery was not the motive of the fatal attack on him on Wednesday night, during which both his wife and mother-in-law were wounded.

Up to press time last even-ing, police were still looking for the gunmen who escaped after shooting McNeil, 38, four times at his McDoom, East Bank Demerara yard.

The attack, dubbed an “armed robbery” by police yesterday,