The mother of Amelia Hernandez who was murdered by a gunman who opened fire on her at a playpark in Couva on Friday afternoon is pleading for justice.

Hernandez’s mother, Pamela Clarke, said in a brief phone interview yesterday that she agreed with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s statement that the nation had become “a lawless dump”.

DOUBLE MURDER: Devaughn Toussaint, 38, who was gunned down outside his home in Jade Court, Lisas Gardens, Couva, yesterday.