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A Penal man who killed his brother during a violent confrontation has been sentenced to ten years in prison after the court accepted that he acted under provocation while trying to protect their elderly mother.
Avalon Thompson, of Lachoos Road, was originally charged with the murder of his brother, Paul Mark Teeluck, following a 2017 incident at their home. He was also charged with wounding with intent after their 71-year-old mother, Dhanrajayia Thompson, was injured while attempting to separate the men.
Under a plea agreement with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), negotiated by his attorneys Ayanna Norville-Modeste and Makeda Derrick of the Public Defenders’ Department, Thompson was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter by provocation and to the wounding charge.
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