Honeymoon murders case woman bailed

A woman charged in connection with the murders of a British honeymoon couple has been granted bail.

Ben and Catherine Mullany, from Pontardawe, South Wales, were fatally shot in their holiday cottage on July 27, which was the last day of their holiday on the Caribbean island.

Ramona Mejia Gervasio, 32, who is charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and receiving stolen goods, was granted £2,080 bail when she appeared before St John's magistrates' court in the Antiguan capital.

The news comes as Antiguan Police Commissioner Gary Nelson confirmed he has been fired.

The Canadian was appointed earlier this year by the Antiguan government as it faced a spate of violent crimes on the island, and he presided over the investigation into the deaths of the Mullanys.

A second woman, Francisca Baez De La Cruz, 22, who is charged with robbery with violence, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and receiving stolen goods, was remanded in custody.

Jeorgette Aaron, 31, is also in custody charged with perverting the course of justice, accessory after the fact to robbery, and accessory after the fact to murder.

Two men, Kaniel Martin, 20, and Avie Howell, 17, are being held in custody charged with the couple's murder, robbery and receiving stolen goods.

Mrs Mullany, 31, a doctor, died instantly in the attack at the Cocos Hotel and Resort. Her husband, a trainee physiotherapist, also 31, died in hospital in Swansea after he was flown home in a coma.

Earlier this month, the couple were buried in a private ceremony believed to have taken place at St John the Evangelist Church in Cilybebyll, where they married in July.

A funeral service will be held for them at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, next month.

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