Caribbean murderer executed

The island of St Kitts and Nevis today hanged a convicted murderer, the English-speaking Caribbean’s first execution in nearly a decade.

Charles Elroy Laplace was sentenced to death in February 2006 for the 2004 murder of his wife.

He was hanged inside the walls of Her Majesty’s Prison in Basseterre.

Soaring crime has led many islanders to demand the resumption of executions in the Caribbean.