Honeymooner family's bedside vigil

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Benjamin Mullany, 31, who was shot in the neck, remained in a critical condition in hospital, police said.

His wife, doctor Catherine Mullany, also 31, died in the suspected robbery at their luxury resort.

Antigua's Police Commissioner Gary Nelson said his 350-strong force has pulled out all the stops to capture those responsible.

He said: "We are all deeply shocked and saddened - this is the first visitor homicide in over ten years and it is a situation we never want to see repeated. Everything is being done to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice."

A hospital spokeswoman confirmed that Mr Mullany remained in a critical condition.

She would not comment on reports he is brain dead and in a coma after a bullet entered his neck and travelled up through his skull.

The couple were on the last day of their honeymoon when robbers apparently burst into their cottage as they slept at about 5am on Sunday.

They left for a two-week honeymoon after marrying at a church in the Swansea valley in South Wales on July 12.

A Ministry of Tourism spokesman said the couple's families are being assisted by island government officials and Foreign Office representatives.