Category: illegal gun

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.