North-East La Penitence resident Merle Franklyn has been awaiting compensation from the Mayor and City Council after a tree fell on her home more than a year before a similar incident on Sunday claimed the life of a five year-old girl.
Following Tomecia Hackett’s death, City Council spokesman Royston King had noted that there was a similar occurrence over a year ago. While King said that the City Council provided support to the victim of the earlier incident, Franklyn told Stabroek News that little was done.
The woman recalled that in
