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27 July 2011
Last updated at 23:40 ET
Two men have been found guilty of murdering Welsh honeymoon couple Ben and Catherine Mullany in Antigua.
Mr and Mrs Mullany were shot on the Caribbean island on 27 July, 2008, two weeks after they married.
Kaniel Martin, 23, and Avie Howell, 20, both denied killing the couple from Pontardawe, Swansea Valley.
Mr Mullany, a student physiotherapist, and his wife, a doctor working at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, died after being shot in the back of the head.
The court has heard Mrs Mullany died almost instantly and Mr Mullany a week later after he was flown back to Swansea to be placed on a life-support machine.
The following month Mr Martin and Mr Howell were charged with their murders and that of 43-year-old shopkeeper Woneta Anderson.
The couple were shot in their resort cottage two weeks after they married.
Previously, the jury was reminded of the testimony of one of a number of expert witnesses who said a bandana with Mr Howell's DNA was found at Mrs Anderson's shop.
Recordings found on Mr Mullany's stolen Nokia phone were replayed, in which one of the voices identified himself as "Sample Dan" - an alias used by Mr Martin.
The judge reminded the jury that Mr Martin was described as "a man of clean character" and "a good father".
Although Mr Martin admitted to lying to police at first about being near the hotel, his defence team said this was only "because he was scared," the jury was told.
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Mr and Mrs Mullany were shot on the Caribbean island on 27 July, 2008, two weeks after they married.
Kaniel Martin, 23, and Avie Howell, 20, both denied killing the couple from Pontardawe, Swansea Valley.
Mr Mullany, a student physiotherapist, and his wife, a doctor working at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, died after being shot in the back of the head.
The court has heard Mrs Mullany died almost instantly and Mr Mullany a week later after he was flown back to Swansea to be placed on a life-support machine.
The following month Mr Martin and Mr Howell were charged with their murders and that of 43-year-old shopkeeper Woneta Anderson.
The couple were shot in their resort cottage two weeks after they married.
Previously, the jury was reminded of the testimony of one of a number of expert witnesses who said a bandana with Mr Howell's DNA was found at Mrs Anderson's shop.
Recordings found on Mr Mullany's stolen Nokia phone were replayed, in which one of the voices identified himself as "Sample Dan" - an alias used by Mr Martin.
The judge reminded the jury that Mr Martin was described as "a man of clean character" and "a good father".
Although Mr Martin admitted to lying to police at first about being near the hotel, his defence team said this was only "because he was scared," the jury was told.
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