The news is that it went without incident - as with any other funeral, there was great sadness, but there was also palpable tension. But, again, nothing happened. The hearse was followed by a huge procession of George Street Loyalists, family and friends. They proceeded to Lord's Ridge Cemetery - where he was buried in a family plot - above his brother Dean Tillett who was killed in 2009.

Superintendent Alford Grinage - who is in charge of Belize City Operations told us he deployed 30 police officers around the funeral and at strategic locations along the procession route. The officers were on foot patrol, motorycycle and plain-clothed.

Grinage says it is not that Pinky Tillett had any special privileges - but that the police department's job is to ensure that there was no threat to public safety or any escalation of gang hostilities.