RHON­DOR DOWLAT-ROS­TANT

A woman po­lice of­fi­cer, WPC Ver­nes­sa Stoute, is the lat­est po­lice of­fi­cer to die from the COVID-19 virus.

47-year-old WPC Stoute, a moth­er of three, died at hos­pi­tal, on Tues­day June 29th.

WPC Stoute, who was last as­signed to the Moru­ga Po­lice Sta­tion and who al­so lived in Moru­ga, had test­ed COVID-19 pos­i­tive a few weeks ago, and had been ward­ed at hos­pi­tal over the past sev­er­al weeks.

Up­on news of her pass­ing, her loved ones and col­leagues took to so­cial me­dia, where they post­ed their mem­o­ries.

One per­son wrote: “My heart bleeds for this young, beau­ti­ful, am­bi­tious, com­pas­sion­ate of­fi­cer, WPC Ver­nes­sa Stoute, who lost her bat­tle with Covid to­day (Tues­day). I was priv­i­leged to teach her in the first-year class. Oh! She had the most im­pec­ca­ble hand­writ­ing! She worked so hard to ac­com­plish great things for her­self and her fam­i­ly.”

A Moru­ga res­i­dent wrote: “Sad times in our com­mu­ni­ty. Rest in Peace Ver­nes­sa Stoute.”