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Man quizzed over honeymoon murder Shot tourist 'to be flown home'
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Antiguan police are believed to be questioning a local drifter for the second time over the murder of a British doctor during her honeymoon. A tourist critically injured in a shooting on Antigua in which his wife was killed is to be flown back to Wales on Friday, according to reports.
Dr Catherine Mullany, 31, from south Wales was shot dead in her holiday bungalow, and her husband Ben, also 31, critically injured. Ben Mullany, 31, is to be flown aboard a Canadian-registered air ambulance from the capital St Johns via Delaware in the US, airport officials said.
It is believed officers were tipped off about the man who is thought to have befriended the couple. Mr Mullany's doctor wife Catherine, 31, died when they were attacked in their honeymoon hotel on the island.
The couple had married in the Swansea Valley just two weeks previously.
Physiotherapist Mr Mullany has been in intensive care in the capital's Holberton Hospital since Sunday's attack in the hotel where they were staying.
He is on a life-support machine after being shot in the neck. He is believed to have a bullet lodged in his brain, as well as a fractured skull and broken leg.The bungalow where the couple were staying
Police have said doctors believe he has little chance of recovery.
But his parents, Cynlais and Marilyn, from Ystalyfera in the Swansea Valley, have decided to transfer him to the UK for medical care believing he has the best chance of survival at home.
They have flown to Antigua with David and Rachel Bowen, the parents of Catherine Mullany.
Reports from the island said it was not immediately clear whether his parents would accompany Ben Mullany aboard the five-member crew air ambulance.
The arrangements were being finalised as Antigua's prime minister asked police in the UK to help investigate the crime.
Family liaison officers
South Wales Police said they had not been asked so far for help but if they were they would do whatever they can to help.
Two family liaison officers are continuing to support both families, the spokesman added.
There were also reports from the island on Thursday that a local man, who is thought to have befriended the couple earlier in their holiday on the Caribbean island, was being questioned again by police.
A source said the man was on bail when the shooting took place.A source said the man was on bail when the shooting took place.
It is thought Mr and Mrs Mullany met the man on a beach a week before the murder and arranged for him to take them on a tour of the Caribbean island.
"The couple had rented a car and driven round the island with him," an unnamed source is reported as saying."The couple had rented a car and driven round the island with him," an unnamed source is reported as saying.
The bungalow where the couple were staying Catherine Mullany was training to be a GP
He said other witnesses saw the man in the car with the couple. Another local woman said the man worked on the beach. The source said other witnesses saw the man in the car with the couple while another local woman said the man worked on the beach.
A police spokesman was not immediately available for comment on the latest developments. But Antiguan police inspector Cornelius Charles denied the account and said he was unsure how many people remained in custody.
Earlier, it was revealed Mr Mullany's family have decided to fly him home to Wales, where they believe he will have a better chance of survival. Mr and Mrs Mullany, from Pontardawe, south Wales were on the last day of their two-week honeymoon at the Cocos hotel when they were shot in what is believed to have been a suspected robbery attempt.
Police said the physiotherapist, a third-year student at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol, would be transferred from the intensive care unit at Holberton Hospital as soon as an air ambulance was available. A reward of £67,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer.
His parents Marilyn and Cynlais Mullany, from Ystalyfera in the Swansea Valley, have flown to Antigua with Rachel and David Bowen, the parents of his wife Catherine. Meanwhile, a book of condolence to Dr Mullany has been opened at the chapel of Singleton Hospital in Swansea where she had been training as a doctor in the paediatric department, and also the city's Morriston Hospital.
They have appealed for time to come to terms with what has happened. She was due to start work as a GP on the couple's return to south Wales.
Suspected robbery attempt Both sets of parents have appealed for time to come to terms with what has happened.
He is on a life support machine after being shot in the neck in the gun attack. He is believed to have a bullet lodged in his brain, as well as a fractured skull and broken leg.
Police have said doctors on the island believed Mr Mullany had little chance of recovery.
The couple, from Pontardawe, south Wales were on the last day of their honeymoon at Cocos hotel when they were shot in what is believed to have been a suspected robbery attempt.
Antigua's prime minister has urged UK police to help solve the crime.
Ben Mullany is in intensive care in hospital in the island's capital
South Wales Police said there are currently no plans to send officers out to Antigua.
"If the Antigua Police Service ask for our help in these tragic circumstances South Wales Police will do whatever we can to support," said a spokesman.
Two family liaison officers are continuing to support both families, the spokesman added.
The Foreign Office said a request for assistance was being considered at ministerial level.
A reward of £67,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer of Dr Mullany.
Meanwhile, a book of condolence to Dr Mullany has been opened at the chapel of Singleton hospital in Swansea where she had been training as a doctor in the paediatric department, and also the city's Morriston Hospital.