Victor Ramsay and his daughter Victorana Ramsay, 21, of Barnwell North were also each released on $10,000 station bail last Friday. Last Thursday evening, according to reports, their bus “jammed” a policeman in plain clothes, causing his beer to fall. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred at the corner of Lombard and Hadfield streets, when the driver was turning some time before 7 pm that day. The eyewitness had told this newspaper that the vehicle apparently jammed the policeman and the bottle of beer he was holding fell.
She said an argument had erupted between the policeman and the driver and the law enforcement official opened the door, “scramble” Ramsay and started beating him. The eyewitness said that the policeman was under the influence of alcohol and he choked Ramsay and pulled a gun on him.
As a large number of persons gathered, the eyewitness had said, the policeman called for backup and some more policemen came in a vehicle and on a motorcycle. Victorana, according to the eyewitness, got between her father and the policeman and told him that if he wanted to hit her father, he would have to hit her first.
When the other policemen arrived, one told Victorana to move and she refused, the eyewitness said. She said that the uniformed policeman on the motorcycle, CE 4557, held on to Victorana and “chucked” her to the ground. He reportedly claimed that she had scraped and bitten him.
According to the eyewitness, when the other ranks arrived, Ramsay and his daughter were dumped into the back of the vehicle and taken to the Brickdam Police station.
Victorana had been taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital after suffering a panic attack.
Yesterday, a close relative said that both father and daughter were charged with assault but have not been given a date to court as yet. She said that the ranks were not charged and the police have only said that they are investigating.
Yesterday, the relative also said, the Ramsays went to file a complaint at the Police Complaints Authority but when she spoke with Stabroek News, they had not yet returned and she could not say how it went.
