Goodbye Peter

Submitted by Bertrand Bhikarry on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 07:47
I'd like to take this opportunity to do two things. First to say goodbye to my friend Peter. Peter died sometime in the first week of November 2009 - at his home in the comfortable surrounds of Bacolet Point Tobago.
 
Peter was not in retirement, nor was he ailing. He was killed by a group of men whom he had come to know as potential buyers of his family property in Tobago - he had taken them in as tenants/buyers in waiting. The details are not relevant to this piece except that Peter had the opportunity to call the police during the Hunt ( he must have been running hiding in cupboards)
 
The calls were dismissed by the normal (This is so trini) 'we have no transport at this time' response. Peter actually called his neighbors in ensuing minutes. They also called police. Same response.
 
Peter was found in a shallow grave next day - in his yard. The men were held in the house. Maybe they may escape, since if anything, our lawyers in trini are good and capable. One of those 'men' was under fifteen. Street knowledge places him as blooded killer. He will escape the cells I think.
 
The leader of the group is nondescript, short, chubby and harmless looking creature who boasts a variety of health problems, even sickle cell. He will escape too jail too. Again the rumor has it they as a group can account for over fourscore and ten murders. (they were known by police y'see!)
 
  
I had made a note to myself to not let this disappear in the veil of time - Peter is non-national, no  friends here who will miss him except by the seaside bar wher ehe had the odd beer,  and at the animal shelter where he worked as volunteer and steward.       
 
Second  thing. I wanted to say goodbye to you. It happened to Peter, it could happen to you. Or to me, now that I written this. Oh and Citizen! - Do not show up at my farm unannounced. I ent Trini dat much no more.  
 
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Comments

Submitted by Taran Rampersad on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 07:54.

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. And I'm even more sorry about the way it happened.

Submitted by From Foreign (not verified) on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 08:00.

Peter Pay for Paul

Submitted by From Foreign (not verified) on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 08:23.

Condolences to family and friends of Mr. Peter
What a shame. I don't think it will ever change.
Our country is not getting any better.

Submitted by Edmund Gall on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 11:20.

I haven't seen this lack of police action while the crime was in progress in the mainstream media reporting.  I guess they haven't spoken to the neighbours who knew about it.  Is crime in Tobago now at such a level that they too are running low on avilable police vehicles/manpower to respond to something major like this while it's in progress?

Submitted by From Foreign (not verified) on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 11:27.

for school kids delivery, pomp and ceremony, and checking out chicks.. most are left shiny for the head of state visit motorcades.

Submitted by Ian Ramjohn on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 08:28.

So sorry for your loss.  Shocked, so shocked, by the horror of it.

Submitted by Sure, Breathaly... (not verified) on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 06:14.

[...] But can it be reasonably enforced? If it isn't enough that the courts are clogged with other things, there's also the fact that breathalyzing strategies by the Trinidad and Tobago police force will pull resources away from other things. Just recently at Bacolet Point, police were unable to respond because they didn't have a vehicle - and this resulted in the death of Peter. [...]

Submitted by Bertrand Bhikarry on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 07:38.

This says it well.
http://www.thetobagonews.com/index.pl/article?id=25567623