; Parents of Murdered Honeymooners See Killers Found Guilty

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THE parents of a honeymoon couple shot dead on the holiday island of Antigua have spoken of their relief after two men were convicted of the murders. But the relatives of Ben and Cath-erine Mullany said they would never comprehend the "senseless nature" of the killings at the five-star Cocos Hotel in 2008. Kaniel Martin, 23, and Avie Howell, 20, could now face the death penalty following the conclusion of their two-month trial. Emotional scenes played out at Antigua's High Court as the verdicts were read out. In a statement, the distressed fam-ilies said: "There is no joy at today's verdict, just a sense of relief that after three years of waiting there is justice for our children. "These two individuals can never again inflict the same anguish and devastation to any other family as they have to ours. "We will never be able to com-prehend the senseless nature of their deaths, the total disregard shown for human life and that no remorse has ever been shown." Mr and Mrs Mullany had only been married for two weeks when they were shot in the back of the head during a dawn raid on their luxury hotel chalet. Mrs Mullany, a doctor, died instantly, while student physiother-apist Mr Mullany, at the University of the West of England, was flown back home to South Wales in a desperate attempt to save his life.

But despite the efforts of his wife's medical colleagues in Swansea, his life-support was switched off a week after the shooting. The couple were buried in the grounds of the same church where they married a little over a month previously. Two weeks after the murders, How-ell and Martin went on to kill again, this time targeting 43-year-old shop-keeper Woneta Anderson. The pair, who refused to face ques-tioning in court, protested their inno-cence throughout their trial in the island's capital, St John's. But early yesterday morning (UK time) - three years to the day they committed the murders - they were found guilty. Dressed in jeans and shirts, neither showed any sign of emotion as the jury of eight men and four women delivered its verdicts after an anxious wait of more than 10 hours.

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; Parents of Murdered Honeymooners See Killers Found Guilty

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