Gardener Sunil Ramcharan, the man who allegedly tied a woman with a rope and walked her along a garden road in Gasparillo, has been charged.
Thirty-seven-year-old Ramcharan appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates Court on Thursday, where he pleaded not guilty to assaulting Zaheeda Mohammed by tying her with a rope.
He was granted $15,000 bail with surety or a cash bail alternative of $8,000.
The charge arose out of the incident three weeks ago which was captured on video and posted on Facebook showing a man walking Mohammed, who was tied to a rope along a road.
Ramcharan, of Rahaman Drive, Bonne Aventure Road, Gasparillo was arrested and charged by WPC Bassarath on Tuesday.
When he appeared before Sixth Court Magistrate Natalie Diop the charge, which alleged that he assaulted Mohammed by tying her with a piece of rope on March 7 at Massy Lands, Gasparillo, was read to him.
In asking for bail, Ramcharan’s attorney Shaun Teekasingh told the magistrate that when Ramcharan heard the police were looking for him he went to the police station and assisted them with their inquires.
And when he found out on Tuesday that a warrant had been issued for his arrest he gave himself up at the Gasparillo Police Station.
He said the justice of the peace who signed the warrant had endorsed bail in the sum of $15,000 with clerk of the peace approval.
However, Teekasingh asked the magistrate to grant his client who was still in police custody a cash alternative of $5,000.
Prosecutor Sgt Gordon Maharaj objected to bail, saying that the police were yet to conduct a trace to determine if he had previous convictions or pending matters. Teekasingh, who was appeared in the matter with attorney Lester Charriah, said his client was a first time offender. The courtroom was packed with Ramcharan’s relatives. Mohammed was not in court.
The matter was adjourned to April 8.