The beach close to the Still Beach House Hotel where the cruisers were robbed.
A meeting was held on Thursday between the owners of Hummingbird Beach Resort and Still Beach Resort in order to implement safety measures after six cruisers were robbed by gunmen.
An official said that the robbery which transpired on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, near the Still Beach Resort and not the Hummingbird Beach Resort as was previously reported.
Persons have constantly mistaken the Still Beach Resort for the Hummingbird Beach Resort. Such an error has been a regular occurrence due to the close proximity of the two small and intimate resorts.
“The Still Beach Resort owner Mr. David Duboulay has been in touch with the gentleman. The victims’ personal belongings were retrieved by him near the Still Resort,” the hotel official said.
It was also clarified that Hummingbird’s security officer was never attacked. In fact, he went to render assistance to the panic-stricken and petrified security guard at the adjacent resort.
An individual by the name of Mrs. Joan Alexander-Stowe was contacted by the assaulted victims, who recounted their traumatizing incident to her. She furnished Duboulay with contact information of the cruisers and he has been corresponding with the couple in Quebec, Canada.
Reports are that on the evening of March 2, the group of six cruisers were returning from dinner, on the still dock at Soufriere, when they were attacked and robbed at gunpoint.
According to Caribbean Safety and Security Net, which collects and disseminates information relating to crimes against yachts, the robbers demanded money and were given wallets.
One woman’s purse was cut off her shoulder with the machete and her husband was struck on the head with the blunt side of the machete. A gun was also aimed at the couple.
When the group came into the dock originally, they declined the dinghy watching “service” of some teenagers. The teens were quite unhappy about it and said they would be back.
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