A man and a teen appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with last week’s killing of 62-year-old security guard, Dhanpaul at Chesney, Corentyne and were remanded to prison.

Muneshwar Persaud, 28, of Belvedere Squatting Area, Corentyne, and Simon Pulingum, 17, of 52 Second Street, No.1 Road, Corentyne, were charged with manslaughter and appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the Albion Magistrate Court yesterday. They were remanded to prison until February 9.

Dhanpaul of No.1 Road, Corentyne was shot and killed last Friday. Reports at the time said that the Pulingum was playing with a gun belonging to the owner of the poultry farm, where both of them were employed, when it went off. Dhanpaul sustained injuries to his upper left arm and succumbed at the scene after bleeding profusely from the wounds. Police had arrested the 17-year-old, another employee as well as the owner and his wife following the incident. The large-scale poultry farmer was said to be present during the shooting.

Following investigations, the police charged the two.