Cop gets 50-month jail time for causing death of pensioner

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) rank who was charged last year with causing the death of a pensioner in a road accident, has been handed a 50-month jail sentence.
Stephan Ramsay, who is attached to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), had been released on $600,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman pending a trial.
On January 5, 2021, at Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara (ECD), he drove a minibus belonging to the GPF, in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of 59-year-old Dulmattie Boodlall of Lot 950 Block Y Section C Golden Grove, EBD.

After a trial at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrates’ Courts, Ramsay, who had initially pleaded not guilty, was found guilty as charged by the Magistrate, who then imposed the jail term.
Boodlall was struck down by minibus PWW 7172, which is attached to the Police Force, at Nandy Park, EBD, as she was attempting to cross the public road.
It was reported that the minibus was proceeding north along the western side of the eastern carriageway when the driver alleged that the woman was approaching a pedestrian crossing.
Police Headquarters had reported that the bus was about eight feet away from the crossing when Boodlall started to cross the road on the crossing from west to east.
Upon seeing this, the driver swerved to avoid a collision but ended up hitting the woman. As a result of the impact, she fell onto the roadway and received injuries to her body.
She was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where she was pronounced dead on arrival. (G1)