Hit and run accused further remanded

Jan 08, 2013 News

The man accused of last Thursday’s hit-and-run accident has been further remanded to prison.
Once more Sewdat Ramlall, 48, of Kersaint Park, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday, accused of causing the death of Rodwell Brummell on December 20, 2012. Brummell was struck around 21:00 hrs on the aforementioned date, at the corner of Lamaha and Carmichael Streets.
Ramlall was reportedly driving PGG 2758 on Lamaha Street when he hit Brummell, who was with his girlfriend.
The young man, a resident of Montgomery Richard Hill, Linden, was reportedly hurled into the air and fell on the ground before the vehicle ran over him. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Ramlall was arrested last week Thursday afternoon at his home and the car seized from a ‘bottom-house’ bodywork shop at Lusignan.
At the initial hearing, Ramlall pleaded not guilty to several charges related to the road death
He is accused of causing death by dangerous driving, failing to report the accident within 24 hours to a police station, failing to stop the vehicle immediately after the accident, and failing to render assistance.
At yesterday’s hearing, Attorney at Law Adrian Thompson made a renewed application for bail. Thompson claimed that his client’s job is at stake, and he is the sole bread winner of his home where he has three children.
According to the lawyer, the victim had been on the roadway in a manner causing his own demise. The accused, he said, was poorly advised and as a result acted in an unlikely manner.
However the Chief Magistrate ordered that Ramlall remain behind bars until January 18.

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