ERROR RG P4 15.8.1996 Kirk Mundy was not charged with premeditated murder in the Rebecca Middleton case. Seventeen-year-old Justis Smith was charged with premeditated murder while 21-year-old Mundy was charged with being an accessory after the fact.

A female Canadian visitor was tied up and indecently assaulted during a robbery at the Southampton home of a Bermuda Telephone Company chief on Monday morning, Police revealed yesterday.

Two men -- one of whom is a Canadian Senator -- were also tied up during the incident, which took place at Sunshine Cottage on Middle Road, the home of Telco vice-President Linda Oliver.

The Royal Gazette has learned that the victim and her husband are first-time visitors to the Island and are from Ottawa, Ontario.

Mrs. Oliver's husband Don -- a Canadian Senator and lawyer from Nova Scotia -- was the third victim.

The woman -- who cannot be identified for legal reasons -- was said to be traumatised and very upset.

They were taken to an undisclosed location by Police.

The trio's 90-minute ordeal began when a lone robber entered the house shortly before noon and threatened them before tying them up.

They had just returned to the private home when the man -- who is described as dark skinned, over 200 pounds and about five feet, ten inches tall -- confronted them.

He left the house at about 1.40 p.m. with a large amount of Canadian and US acurrency after assaulting the woman and helping himself to food and drink.

The three victims managed to untie themselves and raised the alarm but sources last night said it took officers about an hour to respond.

Police only confirmed the crime had taken place yesterday afternoon and were remaining tight-lipped about the case last night on the orders of senior officers. Meanwhile one Constable remained on duty outside the residence.

Det. Ch. Insp. Norrell Hull and Det. Ch. Insp. Sinclair White are heading up the investigation.

Neighbours told The Royal Gazette they noticed a lot of unmarked Police cars and one van outside the property early yesterday evening.

The property, surrounded by a hedge, fronts along a busy section of the Railway Trail which is frequented by neighbourhood joggers.

"It's getting worse; this is scary and I'm nervous,'' said one female jogger who runs past the house every morning.

The attack is the latest involving Canadians visiting the Island following the murder of Canadian schoolgirl Becky Middleton last month.

Two men -- Justis Smith, 17, and Kirk Mundy, 21 -- were charged in connection with the death of the 17-year-old from Belleville, Ontario, nine days after the girl's body was found.

Mundy, a Jamaican national, was charged with premedidated murder, a capital offence in Bermuda, and Smith was accused of being an accessory after the fact.

When contacted last night Tourism Minister David Dodwell said: "I am shocked and outraged. I wish to pass on the sincere regrets of the Bermuda Government that this has happened.

"I think the notion that things are happening in broad daylight is shocking.'' Mr. Dodwell said he would be contacting the victims when he had more details about the incident.

He said it was too early to tell what effect the latest crimes against Canadians would have on their tourism business because they generally visited in the winter.

But he added: "It is doubly disconcerting that this happened and it could have a negative impact on the Canadian marketplace.''