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| UK police to help Antigua inquiry | UK police to help Antigua inquiry |
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| British detectives are to fly to Antigua to help with the investigation into the shooting of newlyweds Catherine and Benjamin Mullany. | British detectives are to fly to Antigua to help with the investigation into the shooting of newlyweds Catherine and Benjamin Mullany. |
| Scotland Yard confirmed it was sending a team following a request from Antigua's police commissioner. | Scotland Yard confirmed it was sending a team following a request from Antigua's police commissioner. |
| The couple, from Pontardawe, south Wales, were attacked on Sunday, the last day of their two-week honeymoon. | The couple, from Pontardawe, south Wales, were attacked on Sunday, the last day of their two-week honeymoon. |
| Mrs Mullany was killed in the attack; her husband, who is critically ill, is being flown back to the UK. | Mrs Mullany was killed in the attack; her husband, who is critically ill, is being flown back to the UK. |
| A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said the team would include one officer from South Wales Police, and would "support the local senior investigating officers". | A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said the team would include one officer from South Wales Police, and would "support the local senior investigating officers". |
| Bungled robbery | Bungled robbery |
| Mr Mullany's air ambulance is expected to land at Cardiff International Airport in the early hours of Saturday morning and he is then expected to be transferred to Swansea's Morriston Hospital. | Mr Mullany's air ambulance is expected to land at Cardiff International Airport in the early hours of Saturday morning and he is then expected to be transferred to Swansea's Morriston Hospital. |
| The body of his doctor wife is being flown back to Britain from Antigua on a separate flight, accompanied by her parents. | |
| The couple, both 31, were shot in a suspected bungled robbery at the Cocos Hotel. | The couple, both 31, were shot in a suspected bungled robbery at the Cocos Hotel. |
| Catherine Mullany was training to be a GP | Catherine Mullany was training to be a GP |
| On Friday, police commissioner Gary Nelson said the shootings may be linked to another murder which happened about two months ago in a house in the Antiguan capital, St John's. | On Friday, police commissioner Gary Nelson said the shootings may be linked to another murder which happened about two months ago in a house in the Antiguan capital, St John's. |
| It also appeared to be a robbery and the young male victim was shot in the back of his head, he said. | It also appeared to be a robbery and the young male victim was shot in the back of his head, he said. |
| Mr Nelson confirmed that Mr Mullany, a trainee physiotherapist, was shot in the back of the head with a handgun. | |
| The bullet remains lodged in his brain and Mr Mullany is in a coma, he added. | The bullet remains lodged in his brain and Mr Mullany is in a coma, he added. |
| Mr Nelson, who was brought in from Canada earlier this year, is in charge of a 350-strong police force which operates with no computers and no crime database, and only one forensics officer. | Mr Nelson, who was brought in from Canada earlier this year, is in charge of a 350-strong police force which operates with no computers and no crime database, and only one forensics officer. |
| Police have now questioned 31 people in the investigation, and four people remain in custody. | Police have now questioned 31 people in the investigation, and four people remain in custody. |
| A reward of £67,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer. | A reward of £67,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer. |