Two men are now due to face charges after they posed as Guyana Power and Light (GPL) workers and attempted to rob a housewife at Covent Garden, on the East Bank of Demerara on Monday.
The police said in a press release that around midday the perpetrators approach-ed the 56-year-old woman, who was washing clothes in her back yard, identified themselves as GPL meter readers and asked to read the meter.
According to the release, the woman allowed them onto her premises and located the meter for them. However, she was suddenly grabbed by one of the men, who demanded that she hand over all her money while forcing her up her stairs.