Bag snatcher beaten to death by angry residents

Bag snatcher beaten to death by angry residents

A 25-year-old Craig, East Bank Demerara man was beaten to death on Friday after cornered by angry Grove residents just after he snatched a bag from a young female teacher who was walking through the area.

The dead man has been identified as Eldon Samuels.  According to a Police report, he was found with multiple injuries on the roadway at Samantha Point, Grove, EBD, at about just before 11 o’clock on Friday morning.

He was taken to the Diamond Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
The police report said a bag containing $50,000.00, a cell phone and a laptop computer were discovered near the man’s body along with a bicycle and a knife. The bag and its contents matched the items that were reportedly stolen from the teacher.
The Police release said that Eldon Sampson was recently released from prison after serving a sentence for robbery under arms.
No one has been arrested in connection with his death but investigations are ongoing.

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