Shane Su­perville

Se­nior Re­porter

shane.su­perville@guardian.co.tt

Two Gua­napo men were re­mand­ed in­to cus­tody when they ap­peared be­fore an Ari­ma mag­is­trate to face charges of mur­der, shoot­ing with in­tent and pos­ses­sion of guns yes­ter­day.

Jodel Noel, 24, and Je­lani Rivers, 22, both from the Heights of Gua­napo, ap­peared joint­ly charged with the mur­ders of Faith Pe­terkin, 10, Ar­i­an­na Pe­terkin, 14, Shain Pe­terkin, 1, and Tiffany Pe­terkin, 19.

They were al­so charged for shoot­ing with in­tent in re­la­tion to the wound­ing of five oth­ers.

The sib­lings were gunned down while at their La Re­treat Ex­ten­sion, Ari­ma home on Sep­tem­ber 21.

Their mur­ders prompt­ed na­tion­wide out­cry and in­creased po­lice ex­er­cis­es in and around Ari­ma.

Noel and Rivers were ar­rest­ed at a house in Aripo last Mon­day. Al­so found at the house was an AK-47 and a Beretta pis­tol.

Po­lice con­firmed the men were de­tained at the Ari­ma Po­lice Sta­tion and ap­peared vir­tu­al­ly be­fore Mag­is­trate Na­tal­ie Diop.

The mur­der charges were laid in­dictably and the men were not called up­on to en­ter a plea. They are ex­pect­ed to re­turn to court on No­vem­ber 6.

The third man who was held at the house with Noel and Rivers was charged for an un­re­lat­ed mur­der.