Spe­cial Re­serve Po­lice of­fi­cer An­ton Philip was grant­ed $250,000 bail af­ter ap­pear­ing be­fore Mas­ter of the High Court In­di­ra Chinebas to­day, charged with manslaugh­ter.

Philip, 22, is ac­cused of killing his col­league, 38-year-old Ja­mal Charles, who was on du­ty in the guard room at the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment, Kent House, Mar­aval, on Sep­tem­ber 11, when he was shot in the neck. Charles was buried on Tues­day with a par­tial mil­i­tary send-off.

Philip was charged on Mon­day on the ad­vice of act­ing Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions Sab­ri­na Dougdeen-Jaglal. He re­turns to court on Jan­u­ary 12, 2026.