Express
June 22, 2014
A MURDERER convicted of killing a British couple while they honeymooned in the Caribbean has escaped from prison.
Ben and Catherine Mullany, both 31, had been married for just over a fortnight when they were shot in their hotel room on the paradise island of Antigua in 2008.
The couple, from Rhos, near Pontardawe in south Wales, were both shot in the head and the raiders made off with their mobile phones, a cheap digital camera and a handful of cash.
Mrs Mullany, who was a qualified doctor, died instantly.
Her physiotherapy student husband – who was studying for his degree at the University of West England, Bristol – was flown home on a life-support machine and treated by his wife’s colleagues at Morriston Hospital, Swansea.
But the former South Yorkshire Police officer eventually succumbed to his injuries and died a week after the shooting.
Three years to the day after the couple’s deaths, local men Avie Howell and Kaniel Martin were convicted of the murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The pair were also found guilty of shooting 42-year-old local shopkeeper Woneta Anderson.
But police have confirmed that Howell had escaped from prison on the island yesterday.
Kenroy Laurie Marshall, who was being detained on fraud charges, also went on the run with Howell.
Counsellor Jamal Wright, based at St John’s police station in Antigua, said: “Avie Howell escaped from Her Majesty’s Prison at about 6am on Thursday along with Kenroy Laurie Marshall.