Was British AIDS expert who wed Rastafarian in St Lucia murdered? Mystery death of woman admitted to hospital after 'sudden accident'

A British woman who left her job to start afresh in the ­Caribbean with her new Rastafarian husband has been found dead in suspicious circumstances. 

Hilary Hughes-Augustin, 50, an expert on AIDS, died in a St Lucia hospital two weeks after she was admitted for the treatment of undisclosed injuries.

The incident was initially believed to be a 'sudden accident', but police told The Mail on Sunday it was now the subject of a 'possible murder' investigation after a post-mortem examination raised suspicions of foul play.

Last night, Mrs Hughes-Augustin's devastated father Barry Hughes, 79, a professor of civil engineering at Birmingham University, said he was waiting for news from the police following her death on May 4.                More Read