Seudat Ramlall, an employee of Mings Products and Services Limited, was yesterday charged with the hit-and-run death of Rodwell Brummell and he was refused bail after a court was told that at the time of his arrest his car was found at a vulcanizing shop undergoing repairs for damage caused by the accident.
Appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Ramlall, 49, was remanded to prison until January 4, 2013 for reports and fixtures, after he denied a charge that he drove in a dangerous manner and caused the death of Brummell.
He was also charged with failing to report the accident to the relevant authorities, failing to stop and render assistance to an injured person and operating an uncertified vehicle. He pleaded not guilty to the other charges as well.
It is alleged that Ramlall, who was driving his motor car PGG 2758, drove in a manner dangerous to the public and killed Brummell at around 9am on December 20, at the junction of Lamaha and Carmichael streets.
It is the police’s case that Ramlall was driving along Lamaha Street at a dangerous pace, when he struck down Brumell.
Brummell, a 22-year-old employee of Farfan and Mendes, had been escorting girlfriend Samantha Benn home at the time of the accident. Before he was struck, Benn said, Brummell pushed her into the corner.
Attorney Shellon Boyce, who represented the accused, submitted in an application for bail, saying her client had no previous or pending matters before the court and does not pose a flight risk.
Prosecutor Stephen Telford, however, brought it to the courts attention that the accused’s car was picked up at a vulcanizing shop, where he had a number of repairs done which may have been caused by the accident.
Telford further noted that the accused was then arrested and charged with the present offence.
He objected to bail, warning that if granted bail Ramlall will flee the jurisdiction.
As a result, Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry refused bail.
