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A reward of more than £60,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer of a British doctor on honeymoon in the Caribbean. A reward of about £67,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer of a British doctor on honeymoon in the Caribbean.
South Wales couple Catherine Mullany, 31, died and her husband Ben, also 31, remains in a critical condition after they were shot at their Antigua hotel. Catherine Mullany, 31, from south Wales, died and her husband Ben, also 31, is in a critical condition after they were shot at their Antigua hotel.
Police on the island have admitted they are no nearer to finding a suspect.Police on the island have admitted they are no nearer to finding a suspect.
Two security guards at Cocos Hotel where the shootings happened, were questioned and released, said police. Two hotel guards were questioned and released, and three other also quizzed, but none have been made suspects.
Three men are still being questioned over the attack but none have been made suspects, they said. Police commissioner Gary Nelson, who was brought in from Canada to improve Antigua's police force earlier this year, said: "We're looking at all young men who have committed violent acts and we're questioning them. A tourist being murdered is a high priority: anybody being murdered is a high priority Tourism minister Harold Lovell on the killing of Catherine Mullany, pictured
Police commissioner Gary Nelson, who was brought in from Canada to improve Antigua's police force earlier this year, said: "We're looking at all young men who have committed violent acts and we're questioning them." "This suspect, this person that's committing these terrible crimes, they have to have a girlfriend or boyfriend who knows something, and I call out for them to help us."
The reward has been funded by members of the Antigua and Barbuda Hotel Association and the local business community who have raised 250,000 Eastern Caribbean dollars (about £46,000). Mr Nelson added: "A tourist being murdered is a high priority: anybody being murdered is a high priority.
An anonymous businessman has offered a further 100,000 Eastern Caribbean dollars (about £18,000). "We've got to get this under control ourselves."
The parents of Mr Mullany, 31, have been at his hospital bedside, where he remains critical. The reward has been funded by members of the Antigua and Barbuda Hotel Association and the local business community who have raised 250,000 Eastern Caribbean dollars (about £48,000).
An anonymous businessman has offered a further 100,000 Eastern Caribbean dollars (about £19,000).
The minister of tourism, Harold Lovell, said the reward was indicative of the nation's desire to bring the crime's perpetrator to justice as soon as possible.
Police have been investigating outside the hotel"All governmental, business and community associations are working together on a unified front and determined to overcome this tragic and isolated incident which has so saddened our people," he said.
The parents of Mr Mullany, Marilyn and Cynlais, from Ystalyfera in the Swansea valley, have been at his hospital bedside.
His wife was killed in the shooting at their hotel on the last day of their honeymoon, in a suspected robbery.His wife was killed in the shooting at their hotel on the last day of their honeymoon, in a suspected robbery.
Hospital sources have told BBC reporters that Mr Mullany has little chance of recovery.Hospital sources have told BBC reporters that Mr Mullany has little chance of recovery.
Mr Mullany, a third-year physiotherapy student at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol, is believed to have been shot in the neck and has a bullet lodged in his brain.Mr Mullany, a third-year physiotherapy student at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol, is believed to have been shot in the neck and has a bullet lodged in his brain.
The couple's parents, from Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, are now in Antigua. His parents, along with his wife's parents, Rachel and David Bowen, arrived at Holberton Hospital in the Antiguan capital of St Johns on Tuesday afternoon.
The couple set off on their two-week honeymoon after marrying at a church in the Swansea valley on 12 July.
Dr Mullany was a hospital doctor based at the children's unit at Swansea's Singleton Hospital. She was training to become a GP.


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