A PENAL man who killed his brother during a fight at their family home has been sentenced to ten years in prison, after the court accepted that he acted in the heat of the moment while trying to protect their elderly mother.

Avalon Thompson, of Lachoos Road, was originally charged with murder following the 2017 killing of his brother, Paul Mark Teeluck. However, under a plea arrangement with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), he was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter on the basis of provocation, along with a separate charge of wounding with intent.

The agreement was negotiated by his attorneys, Ayanna Norville-Modeste and Makeda Derrick, of the Public Defenders’ Department (PDD).