When bandits broke into her home yesterday, 31-year-old Wendy Ramlogan locked herself in a bedroom with her three young children.
The intruders tried to break down the bedroom door, but when that failed, they ransacked the house and made off with a laptop, digital camera and a gold watch.
The incident occurred around 7 a.m. while the housewife was preparing breakfast for her family at her Ste Madeleine home.
Ramlogan told police that she saw three men walking through the front gates. The woman grabbed on to her three children, ran into a bedroom and locked the door behind them, police said.
Neighbours, who were alerted by loud noises, contacted the police. A 24-year-old Gasparillo man was arrested fleeing from the scene