Shameless scoundrels yesterday broke into the Lady Musgrave Avenue, St Andrew house of triple Olympic record holder Usain Bolt, making off with electronics valued at more than $100,000.

Speaking with THE STAR yesterday, Deputy Superintendent Michael Phipps of the St Andrew Central police said that the Olympic champion's brother, Sadeke Bolt, who lives at the premises as well, made a burglary report to the station after the incident.

laptop valued $90,000

Reports are that the criminals broke into the house between 12 a.m. and 4.am. yesterday and stole digital cameras, cellphones
and a laptop said to be valued at some $90,000.

The police said that scene-of-crime personnel have since examined the premises and investigations into the theft are already under way.

Attempts to contact the sprinter's brother were unsuccessful.

Some hours after the break-in the triple Olympic record holder outclassed several athletes in Ostrava, Czech Republic, with a 9.77 run in the 100-metre race.

Yesterday's dash was the sprinter's first sub-10 clocking at an international meet this season. In Canada last week, the wonder boy ran a 10 seconds flat 100-metre race and earlier, in May, clocked a 14.35 second record on 150-metre street track in Manchester, England. Bolt's street sprint in Manchester blasted Donovan Bailey's 12-year-old record of 14.99 out of the books.