Cops finally take statement from partner in probe of businesswoman’s 2013 murder

Sirmattie Ramnaress and Colin Bailey

Over a year and a half after the murder of his common-law wife, investigators have finally taken a statement from Sergeant Colin Bailey, while telling him the probe is still active.

Sirmattie Ramnaress, a 36-year-old businesswo-man, was found dead on the morning of August 31, 2013 with a stab wound and injuries to her head and body in the garage of her Diamond home. While petrol was strewn all over her house, it was the bond at the back of the yard that was set alight and destroyed. The woman’s body was discovered after the fire service had been called about the fire.

An autopsy later determined that she died as a result of a ruptured spleen and