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Murdered couple fund-raiser probe Murdered couple fund-raiser probe
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Police are investigating claims that money from a fundraising night to support a charity honouring a couple murdered on honeymoon has gone missing.Police are investigating claims that money from a fundraising night to support a charity honouring a couple murdered on honeymoon has gone missing.
They are trying to trace the whereabouts of a man who organised the event in aid of the Mullany Fund. They are trying trace a man, named as former pub landlord David Powell by a local newspaper, who organised the event in aid of the Mullany Fund.
Newly-weds Catherine and Ben Mullany, 31 and from Pontardawe, near Swansea, were shot in Antigua in July 2008.Newly-weds Catherine and Ben Mullany, 31 and from Pontardawe, near Swansea, were shot in Antigua in July 2008.
About £1,500 is thought to have been raised for the fund at an event in a pub in Clydach in November 2008. About £1,500 is thought to have been raised at the pub in Clydach.
South Wales Police confirmed they were investigating a complaint that the money never reached the memorial fund. South Wales Police confirmed they were investigating a complaint that the money never reached the memorial fund, and are attempting to trace the organiser.
They are attempting to trace the organiser. He has been named by the South Wales Evening Post as Mr Powell, who ran the Vardre Hotel in Clydach at the time of the event.
The newspaper said it had spoken to Mr Powell at an undisclosed location and he had said the money had been kept in a safe in the pub but had been stolen along with other cash.
Bungled robbery
The paper said he told it he planned to pay the Mullany Fund what it was owed after Christmas.
Dr Catherine Mullany, who had recently qualified as a GP, died in the attack on 27 July 2008, on the last day of their honeymoon in what police on the Caribbean island said was a bungled robbery.Dr Catherine Mullany, who had recently qualified as a GP, died in the attack on 27 July 2008, on the last day of their honeymoon in what police on the Caribbean island said was a bungled robbery.
Her husband Ben, a trainee physiotherapist, died a week later after his parents flew him home.Her husband Ben, a trainee physiotherapist, died a week later after his parents flew him home.
The fund raises money to support UK students wishing to follow in their footsteps by either studying medicine or physiotherapy.The fund raises money to support UK students wishing to follow in their footsteps by either studying medicine or physiotherapy.
Family, friends and supporters have staged a wide range of events to raise money.Family, friends and supporters have staged a wide range of events to raise money.
A spokesman for South Wales Police said the force was investigating what had happened to money from one specific event and was looking for the organiser.A spokesman for South Wales Police said the force was investigating what had happened to money from one specific event and was looking for the organiser.