Rasbert Turner, Star Writer

Several patrons at a jerk centre along the Ewarton Main Road in St Catherine were left trembling yesterday after a gunman robbed the establishment in broad daylight.

The incident occurred about 5 p.m. while business was booming.

Reports are that the man walked in, pointed a gun on the attendant and demanded "the money."

After he was given the money he calmly walked onto a nearby rail track and escaped.

"It was a very frightening experience to see the gun. However, the owner move like an athlete after he realised the man gone and him still alive," a bystander said.

The Linstead police have since started a probe into the incident.

The Star was told that businesses along the major thoroughfare have often been the target of robbers.