Today staffers and judges in the seat of the highest courts in the land were trying to re-gather after an armed attack last night shook up the judiciary.
At around 6:20 armed thieves stormed into the Belize City registry office, located at the Court House area on Treasury Lane, and stole several hundred dollars in cash and cheques.
A very senior figure in the court system, Registrar General Trienia Young was the one targeted. She reported to police that 2 men stormed in through the main door. Persons who work at the court tell us that they are surprised that the assailants managed to get in without the night security spotting them.
We understand that day's receipts from various court activities was being counted. That's when robbers held up Young at gunpoint. Reports are that when she didn't resist, they then proceeded to take all the cash and cheques they could get their hands on from a money bag, before dashing out the door. One of the security guards on duty reportedly saw them running off, and another security guard set chase to try and intercept them.
It is believed that they had bicycles parked near the Court of Appeal building, and that's what they used to escape before police could be called in.
We are told that the thieves got off with approximately a thousand dollars in cash, and another thousand in cheques. Young was not available for comment today, but for the court it surely is an indication that - once again - security has to be tightened significantly.
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