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| Women charged over Antigua deaths | Women charged over Antigua deaths |
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| Two women have been charged in connection with the murders of British honeymooners Ben and Catherine Mullany in Antigua, police there have said. | Two women have been charged in connection with the murders of British honeymooners Ben and Catherine Mullany in Antigua, police there have said. |
| The pair appeared before the chief magistrates in St Johns, Antigua, this morning. | The pair appeared before the chief magistrates in St Johns, Antigua, this morning. |
| Police on the Caribbean island said they were not in a position to disclose any further information at this stage. | Police on the Caribbean island said they were not in a position to disclose any further information at this stage. |
| The newly-weds, both 31 and from Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, were shot in their hotel cottage on 28 July. | The newly-weds, both 31 and from Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, were shot in their hotel cottage on 28 July. |
| They were attacked in what police think was a robbery which went wrong on the last day of their honeymoon. | They were attacked in what police think was a robbery which went wrong on the last day of their honeymoon. |
| Inspector Cornelius Charles said the women had been charged with offences connected to the murders. | |
| The Mullany's were buried in a private ceremony on Wednesday at the church in Wales where they wed last month. | |
| Their families said they were planning to hold a funeral service at a later date to allow extended family members, friends and colleagues to pay their respects. | Their families said they were planning to hold a funeral service at a later date to allow extended family members, friends and colleagues to pay their respects. |
| Catherine Mullany, who was training to become a GP, was killed instantly after being shot in the head. | |
| Her husband, a University of the West of England physiotherapy student, died a week later after being airlifted to hospital in Swansea in a critical condition. |