Roger Pratt (far right), with wife Margaret Pratt (2nd left) and friends (Picture: blog.mailasail.com)

A Briton has been murdered while defending his wife from an attack on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.

Police are still investigating the circumstances of 62-year-old Roger Pratt’s death, who was killed on Friday while on his boat in Vieux Fort.

Mr Pratt’s wife Margaret was still being treated in hospital following the attack and at least two people are in police custody.

A St Lucian police spokesman said Mr Pratt lost his life trying to defend his wife from an assault.


‘Nobody has been arrested yet but there are some guys in custody,’ he said.

‘The investigators are very busy looking at what happened.’



He added there was no evidence Mr Pratt had been shot.

Roger Pratt was murdered in Vieux Fort, St Lucia (Picture: Google Maps)

The couple from Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, were on a round-the-world voyage to celebrate Mrs Pratt’s 60th birthday.

She had wrote about how much she was enjoying the trip on her blog 60 Not Out!

‘Yesterday was a very special day,’ she said in a post on January 10.

‘I had a blissful time! Roger had got me a birthday card and despite him saying that the choice of cards was very limited, the compliments were very acceptable (as ever!).’

St Lucian tourism minister Lorne Theophilus added: ‘It is with much regret that I and other industry partners have learnt of the unfortunate incident which has resulted in the loss of life of a visitor to our shores.’