Man beaten, robbed in Mayo

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Man beaten, robbed in Mayo

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Police cars on a crime scene - File photo by Jeff K Mayers GASPARILLO police are investigating a report of a robbery with violence against an elderly man who is on vacation from the United States. The victim, 74, was alone in his nephew's house at Whiteland Road, Mayo, where he was attacked around 8.30 pm. The police said the victim was in bed when two unknown men entered the […]

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