Camille Clarke

A pas­tor yes­ter­day called on the Gov­ern­ment to do its work to deal with the crime sit­u­a­tion. Speak­ing at the fu­ner­al ser­vice of mur­der vic­tim Camille Daniel-Not­ting­ham, Pas­tor Pe­ter Mor­ris said the Gov­ern­ment and min­is­ters were giv­en a man­date by God to do what was right, or he will in­ter­vene.

Scores of mourn­ers turned out to sup­port the fam­i­ly at the Sev­enth-Day Ad­ven­tist Church, Sta­more Av­enue, Port-of-Spain.

"God con­sid­ers life to be sa­cred, and any­one who takes a life will be judged," Mor­ris said. "It is sa­cred be­cause in his im­age we were cre­at­ed. He puts lead­ers and the Gov­ern­ment in place to ex­e­cute be­cause life is sa­cred. "The Gov­ern­ment fails to do what the law re­quires. "God has not aban­doned you, and he will not dis­ap­point you. God will not turn his back on us, and he still is in charge of the af­fairs of man."

Mor­ris looked in the di­rec­tion of Daniel-Not­ting­ham's hus­band, Stan­ley, and said: "Vengeance must be placed in the hands of God. He has placed the Gov­ern­ment to do that, let them do their work. It is not for you to do what you want." Of­fi­cers from the T&T Coast Guard, Reg­i­ment and Po­lice Ser­vice al­so at­tend­ed the ser­vice. Daniel-Not­ting­ham was laid to rest at the Cameron Road Ceme­tery in Pe­tit Val­ley. She was shot dead as she drove in­to the com­pound of the West End Po­lice Sta­tion in Diego Mar­tin last week Wednes­day. Two men ap­peared be­fore a Port-of-Spain Mag­is­trates' Court on Tues­day, charged with her mur­der.