Stealing flowers from grave sites
THE EDITOR: The country recently witnessed the tragedy of the Allen family of Cocoyea Village, San Fernando where for 12 days the relatives of Nigel Allen could not locate him and eventually found him in a shallow grave at Diamond Village, Claxton Bay. I assisted the family in their relentless search. On Friday December 23, I attended the funeral of Nigel Allen at the Broadway Cemetery, San Fernando. There were dozens of wreaths and the entire grave was covered with beautiful flowers. On Christmas Day, less than 48 hours after Nigel was buried, I went to the grave to offer a silent prayer for him. I was shocked to see that almost all the flowers were removed and the few wreaths that remained were totally ripped apart. The site was vandalised. I know that the family of Nigel Adam also visited the grave site on Christmas morning and they must have been shocked to see the condition of the grave site. My investigations revealed that the stealing of flowers on grave sites in San Fernando is a habitual practice and I wish to call upon Mayor Atherley and the San Fernando City Corporation to stop this continuous vandalising of grave sites. Relatives of deceased persons should feel safe that the grave sites are protected. The City Council has cemetery keepers and a police force and they should not allow this kind of behaviour. One or two arrests and prosecution of persons vandalising grave sites should put a stop to this practice. KRISHENDATH GOOCHARAN Executive Member National Alliance for Reconstruction Gasparillo
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