WHILE Municipal Police Constable Jamal Charles was being laid to rest yesterday following a funeral ceremony at the Nur-E-Islam Masjid in El Socorro, one of his colleagues was being charged with his manslaughter.

Police said that Special Reserve Police (SRP) Anton Phillip, 22, of D'Abadie, was charged with the manslaughter of PC Charles, also an SRP, after instructions were received from acting Director of Public Prosecutions Sabrina Dougdeen-Jaglal who had reviewed his case file yesterday morning. It was not known if he appeared in court.

Police reported that last week Thursday Charles was on duty at the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government at Kent House in Maraval when around 3.15 p.m. tragedy struck.