Honeymoon groom dies in hospital

He said the congregation also held a "very moving" minute's silence, then sang a hymn, which Catherine would have once sung in the choir at her school, Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, about turning the night into day.

"We do pray for her family, a close-knit family," said Mr Morgan Jones after the service.

Meanwhile, five British police officers in Antigua to help local police have visited the scene of the shooting.

The police team, led by Superintendent Keith Niven, were invited to the Caribbean island by the local police chief, who has admitted that his force has been stretched by the investigation.

'Code of silence'

The couple, both 31, were attacked last Sunday, the last day of their two-week honeymoon, in what is believed to have been a bungled robbery.

Mr Mullany had a fractured skull and a bullet lodged in the back of his head.

Doctors said yesterday say were considering brain stem testing if he remained in a coma.

His wife's body was flown home separately, accompanied by her parents.

Antigua police say a "person of interest" is being interviewed.

Island police commissioner Gary Nelson said he is confident of catching the gunman.

"We are turning over all the stones to find the person responsible," he told the BBC News Channel.

Mr Nelson has also said the police were being hampered by a "code of silence" or lack of trust in police on the island.

Police have now questioned more than 30 people in the investigation.

A reward of £67,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer.