Despite relationship with cop, murdered woman was engaged to overseas-based man, family says

Sirmattie Ramnaress

Relatives of murdered businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress have refuted claims by Sergeant Colin Bailey that he was in a relationship with the woman for 21 years and they say she was engaged to an overseas-based man.

“What 21 years? She has a fiancé …Colin Bailey never lived in this house. He used to visit. Look all her workers and neighbours, ask them. He used to come here. They were never living together… would you be with a woman and not know how old she was?” a close relative told Stabroek News yesterday.

Ramnaress was found dead around 10 am on Saturday with a stab wound and injuries to her head and her