Bheri Ramsaran cuts lonely figure in court

Sep 22, 2015 News

moving to High Court to dismiss ‘slap and strip’ case

Dr. Bheri Ramsaran

Former Minister of Health in the PPP administration, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, who is before the court on a charge of using insulting language, is following in the footsteps of his former boss Bharrat Jagdeo by moving to the high court to have the matter against him quashed.

When the matter was called again in the Whim Magistrate’s Court on Monday before Magistrate Charlyn Artiga, his lawyers Mursalene Bacchus and Adrian Anamayah, informed the court that their client would like another date for the continuation of the matter since he would be moving to the High Court to have the matter dismissed.
Ramsaran was a lonely man. He was all alone in court. No one turned up to picket the court or to protest his appearance.

He is accused of on Monday April 20, last, outside the Whim Magistrate’s Court, used insulting language to Women’s Rights Activist, Sherlina Nageer.
His lawyer, Adrian Anamayah, had given details of his client who he said was 55 years old and lives at Lot 141 Block B Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara. He had stated that his client is single and is a medical doctor. It was the first time that he was appearing in court for a matter of such nature.
The Virtual Complainant, Sherlina Nageer, was present in court with a number of woman rights activists, among them Joy Marcus and others of Red Thread.
Prosecutor Sergeant Althea Solomon is presenting the state’s case.
According to Attorney at Law Anamayah, an application will be filed in the high court seeking to have the matter thrown out. He said that after perusing the documents his client is convinced that the Prosecution hasn’t established the ingredients of the charge based on the statements that were supplied to the defence.

Anamayah had stated earlier that his client will be exploring all possibilities of filing cross charges against Ms. Nageer.

The former Health Minister has been embroiled in a number of matters over the years.

He is expected to return to court on the 26th October.