Charges will be laid early this week against a man believed to be in his mid 20’s for the robbery of an elderly British couple last week. Reports are that the man was recently picked up by the police and is assisting them with their investigations.

This is the second person to have been detained in relation to this incident. The police reportedly are still on the hunt for a third person.

Last Friday Wadabe Omawale Roberts, 20, of Bennett Street, Villa, was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison after appearing in the St. John’s Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Ivan Walters for the robbery of the tourists.

Roberts was picked up shortly after the incident.

He has been charged with robbery and larceny.

Reports are that three men jumped out from behind some bushes in the Villa area on Tuesday 2 Feb., as the couple, John and Diane Hawkins were walking along Bay Street about 10:45 a.m. Further reports are that the Hawkins’ had an hour earlier arrived in Antigua on board the Boudicca cruise liner.

Allegations are the trio appeared suddenly from the bushes armed with a piece of stick, which they later used to hit Diane in her head and her husband on his hand.

The couple was then robbed of a of two bottles of water, two beach towels, one Canon digital camera, one sunglass and one makeup kit all to the value of £150.  The couple was treated at the Mount St. John Medical Centre (MSJMC) and later discharged. They reportedly left the island that same evening.

A helicopter was used to conduct searches via the air in the area for the three perpetrators, who fled the scene to some nearby bushes.