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.