A teenager has been charged with the murder of  Dr Rudradeva Sharma and 19-year-old Akeem Marine who is reported to have been his accomplice in a robbery on the night that Sharma died.

Antonio Francis, ( at right in photo) who is also 19 years old, is one of three young men who held up Sharma and his friend Dr Prem Naidoo while they were smoking in a parked vehicle on Rushworth Street Ext in San Fernando on January 15th.

Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul handed down the instructions for  Francis to be charged on Thursday morning.

Apart from the two counts of murder,  Francis is likely to be charged with kidnapping and robbery.

 A third suspect remains warded at hospital.