A British couple who was badly beaten while vacationing in Tobago has launched a bitter attack on the government of Trinidad and Tobago for its failure to compensate them.
The couple published their ordeal in the British newspapers and called on tourists not to visit the twin island republic.
The adverse publicity had accelerated the appointment of a board to deal with compensation for victims of crime.
Minister of Justice Herbert Volney, in an interview with the Trinidad Express newspaper, said that he empathises with the situation of the English couple, Peter and Murium Green and commits to assisting them as far as the governing Acts and Laws under which the Ministry of Justice operates.
The Greens were attacked in Tobago on August 1, 2009, and on Sunday went public in an interview with the Daily Mail in London about the ordeal they suffered, levelling a barrage of criticism against medical institutions and broken promises from the Tobago House of Assembly.
Volney said it is the government’s intention that some compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act will be forthcoming in early 2011.
