“Vengeance is mine says the Lord. I am saying, hurry up my Lord.”
These were the sentiments expressed by Prison Commissioner Dennis Pulchan on Monday, when he spoke at the funeral service of slain prison officer Trevor Serrette.
He called on God to punish those responsible for the crime
Serrette was shot dead on November 26 while at his fruit and vegetable stall in Valencia. Three days later his colleague Nigel Jones was murdered while he and his four-year-old daughter were waiting for transport in Siparia.
Serrette’s funeral was held at the St Francis RC Church, Brierly Street, Sangre Grande.
Addressing the congregation during the service, Pulchan said, “The Prison Service will continue to stand firm in doing its job and not falter and will continue delivering the service the country needs. Serrette was killed by those with no respect for law and order in the country.”
He said the killers have a belief that they have a right “to create chaos and run havoc.”
Pulchan added: “It is said vengeance is mine, says the Lord. I am saying, hurry up my Lord.”
National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds, who also attended, said, “We have been exerting best efforts to determine who would have been responsible for this and to exert best efforts in finding them, because while we know vengeance is the Lord’s and we live in a land of law and Constitution, and the law of the land provides for those who commit these heinous acts to be pursued, to be investigated and to be dealt with.
“I give you the commitment and from the little I know, I am satisfied intellectually and in my heart that all efforts are being exerted to treat with this situation,” Hinds said.
In the eulogy, Serrette’s son Travis remembered his father as having a permanent smile on his face which had the power to change the mood of anyone he interacted with.