~ To be tried in abstention, prosecutors claim cell space plays a major role. ~
PHILIPSBURG: --- The Belizean suspect identified as Victor “Vick” Ramirez has been turned over to the Immigration Department for immediate deportation on Tuesday, February 15th, 2024. When deported Ramirez will be banned for 10 years from entering St. Maarten.
The Prosecutor’s Office informed the parents of the victim of the decision taken by the prosecution the victim a waitress who was kidnapped on the night of February 3rd at the Port de Plaisance parking lot.
The accomplice who drove the car was also released on Tuesday pending the trial of the kidnapping case will take place on June 5th, 2024. The parents of the victim made clear that they were not part of the decision-making, and that they were assured by the prosecution that the suspect Ramirez would be deported and not be released on St. Maarten. "The parents said that there is no justice on St. Maarten since the police nor the prosecution does not give a listening ear to victims of abuse.
The Prosecutor's Office said that the shortage of cell space played an important role in the decision they took to deport the suspect who was the ex-boyfriend of the victim.
