Ex-cop Colin Bailey freed of charge of murdering wife

With the prosecution conceding that it had no evidence linking Colin Bailey to the murder of his common-law wife—businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress—Justice Jo-Ann Barlow today directed the jury hearing the case, to return a formal verdict of not guilty.

Colin Grant, however, who was jointly charged with Bailey, faces sentencing after admitting his involvement in the woman’s killing.

Following what was the second day of testimonies from State witnesses, before Prosecutor Sarah Martin conceded that she had no evidence which linked Bailey to the crime, Justice Barlow described the entire exercise as one