Charged with death of US couple

Three escaped inmates from the Caribbean island of Grenada have been charged with the murder of a US couple who went missing in late February. Police said the suspects hijacked a catamaran owned by Virginia couple Ralph Henry and Kathy Brandel while they were aboard. The couple is believed to have been thrown overboard.

The suspects then sailed away to the island of St Vincent, police said, where they were arrested. Ron Mitchell, 30, Atiba Stanislaus, 25, and Trevon Robertson, 23, were each charged with capital murder, escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery and kidnapping by authorities in Grenada. Mr Stanislaus is also facing rape charges, though police did not specify who he is accused of raping. – Full report