Birchwood raises concern over four killings in Morvant

Laven­tille East/Mor­vant MP Chris­t­ian Birch­wood is rais­ing con­cern over a surge in vi­o­lence in his con­stituen­cy af­ter four peo­ple were killed in Mor­vant with­in 48 hours.

Speak­ing to re­porters out­side Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day, Birch­wood ac­knowl­edged the stig­ma of vi­o­lence of­ten as­so­ci­at­ed with com­mu­ni­ties in Laven­tille, but said the re­cent killings should not be con­sid­ered nor­mal.

He said some of the in­ci­dents may have oc­curred with­in the neigh­bour­ing Laven­tille West con­stituen­cy, as com­mu­ni­ties along the bor­der are shared be­tween the two elec­toral dis­tricts.