A man serving a life sentence for the murder of a couple from south Wales on their honeymoon in Antigua has been recaptured by police after escaping prison on Thursday.
Avie Howell and another man, Kaniel Martin, shot Ben and Catherine Mullany, from Pontardawe, in July 2008.
Mrs Mullany, a doctor, died instantly and her student physiotherapist husband died after being flown home to Swansea.
Howell and another inmate escaped prison after scaling a 30ft (9m) wall.
Acting superintendent of HMP Prison Antigua Alfred David has said police have told him Howell was caught within the last hour.
Corporal Frankie Thomas, spokesman for Antigua police, confirmed Howell had been re-arrested.
He told BBC Wales that Howell was injured during the incident and has been taken to hospital.
Cpl Thomas said police acted on information and went to a location where there was a confrontation.
The other man who escaped with Howell is still at large.
Police in Antigua said Howell escaped after scaling a 30ft high wall with another inmate who had been held on fraud charges.
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.
"Apparently they used a sharp implement to cut out a portion of mesh and jumped over the northern prison wall, which is about 30ft high."
Ben and Catherine Mullany were murdered in their hotel room
Howell and Martin were convicted of killing Mr and Mrs Mullany in 2011.
The couple, who were both 31, were shot in the head at their luxury hotel on the island and their killers made off with their mobiles, a cheap digital camera and a handful of cash.
They had married just two weeks before at St John's The Evangelist Church in Cilybebyll.
Howell and Martin were also convicted of shooting an island shopkeeper, and handed a life term each.
In January 2013 Howell was given another four-year term for a burglary in which cash and mobiles were stolen at a home on Antigua just the month before he murdered Mr and Mrs Mullany.
Before news of Howell's recapture came, Mr Mullany's parents, Cynlais, 62, and mother Marilyn, 63, told of their amazement that Howell managed to escape.
Mr Mullany said: "He has caused enough damage... it seems incredible that he has managed to get over a 30ft wall to escape."
Honeymoon murderer is recaptured
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