Tribune242.com's Paco Nunez reports:

A Cable Beach property raided by armed robbers belongs to STEVE HARRIS, bassist and lead songwriter for iconic British heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN.

Confirming this, property manager Charles Beall said Mr Harris, who lives between Los Angeles and the Bahamas, would not want to comment on the incident. He added that the police have two suspects in custody, but have yet to bring charges as they are still searching for another man.

During the invasion, an elderly site caretaker was brutalised and more than $8,000 worth of goods and electronics were stolen. Working along with employees of Mr Beall’s company, Clearwater Construction, police were able to recover $5,000 worth of the stolen items, prompting him to call for greater community involvement in the fight against crime.

Mr Beall said: “We have got to come together and stop this. If we don’t stop this violent crime trend developing in this homeland, it’s going to overwhelm us all. For them to steal is one thing, but for them to beat and abuse this elderly man, leave him tied up in a pool of his own blood – it’s unacceptable. We can work together as a community, and find a common sense of identity and say what’s going on is unacceptable. I’ve had two close friends shot in the past 12 months.”

Sometime between midnight and 2 AM on November 29th, a group of men sawed through chains on the front gate of an old estate home on the property which was being used as a site office and storage facility for the furnishing of a 5,000 sq ft guest house.

There were flat screen TVs, refrigerators, appliances inside, Mr Beall said. “They assaulted our caretaker, Philip Pierre, assaulted him, put a knife on his throat, and left him in a pool of blood wrapped in duct tape. They stole more than $8,000 worth of stuff, whatever they could carry.”

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