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CRIMINOLOGIST Dr Randy Seepersad said the Arima triple murder of January 22 can hurt public confidence in the effectiveness of TT's state of emergency (SoE).

He spoke to Newsday on January 24, after the nation was shocked by the execution of Mitchell "Mitchie" Francois, 30; his common-law wife Anicia James, 47; and her brother Ansel James, at their home at Dump Road, Heights of Guanapo, Arima on the night of February 22.

Newsday asked if the SoE had initially boosted the public's sense of security and secondly whether the triple murder had now undermined the public mood. Seepersad replied, "It will have impacted public confidence."