Woman bailed in Antigua inquiry

Catherine and Ben Mullany were shot during their honeymoon

A second woman charged in connection with the investigation into the double murder of a Welsh honeymoon couple on Antigua has been granted bail.

Catherine and Ben Mullany, both 31 and from Pontardawe, Swansea Valley were shot on the last day of their holiday.

A man and a youth have been remanded in custody charged with both murders.

A charge of aggravated robbery against the woman Francisca Baez de la Cruz, 22, has now been withdrawn, police have said.

Ms De la Cruz who still faces charges of receiving stolen property and perverting the course of justice appeared in court on Wednesday, police said.

She was granted bail and released to return to court for another hearing on 25 November.

Stolen goods

Ramona Gavasco, 32, who was charged with receiving stolen property and perverting the course of justice at the same time as her, was granted bail a week ago.

Keniel Martin, 20, and a youth aged 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, face charges of murder, robbery and receiving stolen goods.

Mr Mullany, a trainee physiotherapist, and his wife, a doctor, were shot in their holiday bungalow at the Cocos Hotel and Resort on the south west of the island on 27 July, the final day of their two-week honeymoon.

Funeral

They had married two weeks before at a church in the Swansea Valley.

Mrs Mullany died at the scene and her husband died a week later after he was flown home to Wales in a coma.

They were buried in a private ceremony but a public funeral service for family, friends and colleagues to pay their respects to the couple will be held at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff on Wednesday.

At the end of August, the police commissioner who headed the inquiry into their murders vowed to carry on in the job, despite being told he is fired.

Gary Nelson, a Canadian, said that he would continue in his duties until he was dismissed by either the prime minister or head of police.