Fredericton men charged with manslaughter last month are no longer accused of causing the death of a man during a home invasion near Moncton last winter.

The manslaughter charge was among a dozen charges laid Oct. 23 against Joshua Tyler Carvell, 39, and Codi Timothy Martin, 33. It was alleged they caused the death of Brian Johnson while using a firearm on Feb. 6 at a home in Berry Mills.

Martin and Carvell appeared in Moncton provincial court Friday by phone from two separate prisons.

Crown prosecutor Clémence Talbot asked that the manslaughter charge and a firearm charge be withdrawn, and others charges be amended. No reason was given in court.

The two still face charges alleging they committed break and enter with a shotgun, forcibly confined the homeowners Andrew Minifie and Brooke

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