The four, Noel Bryan, Phillip Dunstan, Clayton Fearon and Omar Miller, were charged after an October ruling by the Director of Public Prosecutions when they appeared in Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday.

The officers are charged in connection with the controversial shooting of 19-year-old André Thomas in the Grants Pen community, on September 28.

Relatives of the deceased youth made statements which summarised that he was killed in cold *lo** by the officers, but initial police reports stated that he was killed in a shoot-out.

The policemen were previously charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice after they were accused of trying to carry out repair work to their patrol vehicle following allegations that the teen was shot in the vehicle while on his way to hospital.

Lead attorney Jacqueline Samuels-Brown argued that the cops were charged because of public pressure and reports carried in the media.

The men were each offered bail in the sum of $1 million and are booked to return to court on January 8.