Murdered student laid to rest

SIMONE PIERRE, the 14-year-old Form Two student of the Curepe Junior Secondary School who was stabbed to death on Saturday by a pregnant relative,  was laid to rest at the Tunapuna Cemetery yesterday.

A funeral service, attended by Tacarigua villagers, was held at the Tacarigua Community Centre. During the service, Kathy-Ann Persad, the sister of the woman who was detained in connection with the killing, fainted while the service was being carried out by Pastor Vade Mookai. She was taken next door to her home where she was assisted by her husband and other relatives. At the service, Jennifer Ross, the dead student’s mother told Newsday that she was angry and upset that the person who killed her child was ordered released by the DPP. She said that justice was not served since an innocent life was taken. The grieving woman was comforted by relatives and students of the Curepe Junior Secondary School who presented wreaths at the service. Ross insisted that her daughter was not an aggressive person and felt that the problem between her daughter and Khan could have been worked out.