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| Two charged with Antigua murders | Two charged with Antigua murders |
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| A man and a teenager have been charged with the murders of honeymoon couple Catherine and Ben Mullany on Antigua. | |
| The pair, aged 20 and 17, have appeared in court on the Caribbean island, and are also charged with robbery and receiving stolen goods. | The pair, aged 20 and 17, have appeared in court on the Caribbean island, and are also charged with robbery and receiving stolen goods. |
| Police had been questioning the two over the weekend after raids on their homes. | Police had been questioning the two over the weekend after raids on their homes. |
| Dr Mullany and her husband, both 31 and from Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, were shot on 27 July. | Dr Mullany and her husband, both 31 and from Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, were shot on 27 July. |
| The two accused appeared before magistrates in St John's, the capital of Antigua on Monday. | The two accused appeared before magistrates in St John's, the capital of Antigua on Monday. |
| Dr Mullany was killed instantly and her husband died after he was airlifted back to south Wales. | |
| The couple were staying at the Cocos Hotel and Resort on the south west of the island when they were attacked at about 5am local time. | |
| Funerals | |
| They had married just two weeks before in a church near their south Wales home. | They had married just two weeks before in a church near their south Wales home. |
| The couple were buried in a private ceremony last Wednesday. | |
| Their families said after the burial that they were planning to hold a funeral service at a later date to allow extended family members, friends and colleagues to pay their respects. | |
| Eight British officers have flown to Antigua to assist with the murder inquiry. | |
| Dr Mullany was training to become a GP, and her husband was a physiotherapy student at the University of the West of England, Bristol. | |
| Two women, aged 32 and 22, appeared before the chief magistrates on the Caribbean island on Thursday morning. It is believed they are accused of handling items which were stolen from the Mulllanys. | |
| More than 30 people have been questioned in connection with the shootings. |