{"id":8797,"date":"2026-07-14T19:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/british-landlady-shot-dead-in-broad-daylight-on-trinidad-with-gunman-on-loose\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:11:31","slug":"british-landlady-shot-dead-in-broad-daylight-on-trinidad-with-gunman-on-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/british-landlady-shot-dead-in-broad-daylight-on-trinidad-with-gunman-on-loose\/","title":{"rendered":"British landlady shot dead in broad daylight on Trinidad with gunman on loose"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_feca84\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Elaine McGowan, 65, who used to run the The Castle Hotel pub in Saltwood, Kent, was shot dead in front of her husband in the Caribbean, her family said<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37431457\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elaine McGowan and her husband Ian \" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431457.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431457.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431457.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431457.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Elaine McGowan and her husband Ian \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Elaine McGowan and her husband Ian <cite aria-label=\"Image: Facebook\/Cover Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Facebook\/Cover Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A British former landlady has been shot dead in a broad daylight attack in the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CaribbeanLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/caribbean\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Caribbean<\/a>.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Elaine McGowan, 65, who used to run the The Castle Hotel <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"pubLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/pubs\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">pub<\/a> in Saltwood, Kent, was killed outside her godfather&#8217;s home opposite Trincity Mall in Trincity, northern <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TrinidadLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/trinidad-and-tobago\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Trinidad<\/a>, on July 5, according to her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Local media reports that Mrs McGowan was with her husband Ian at around 11am on De La Mare Avenue when a silver Nissan Tiida pulled up alongside them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The gunman exited the vehicle and opened fire before fleeing the scene, police told the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Trinidad &amp; Tobago Guardian.Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/news\/british-national-gunned-down-in-trincity-6.2.2621362.6adf5b6b36\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Trinidad &amp; Tobago Guardian.<\/a> Mrs McGowan was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Centre where she was sadly pronounced dead. Police are understood to still be searching for the shooter.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37431475\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37431475\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f Figure_letterbox__TrOWv\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:0.6666666666666666\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elaine died in in Trinidad said her family\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431475.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431475.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431475.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431475.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Mrs McGowan was shot dead in Trinidad\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Mrs McGowan was shot dead in Trinidad<cite aria-label=\"Image: Facebook\/Cover Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Facebook\/Cover Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Saltwood resident Hemang Patel, who had previously worked at The Castle Hotel and knew Mrs McGowan when she took over in 2019, said how she was a &#8220;lovely lady&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve always supported each other. She used our shop. We go there [the pub] all the time,&#8221; he told <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/hythe\/news\/village-in-shock-as-former-kent-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-tr-342644\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">KentOnline<\/a>. \u201cShe\u2019s always been a helpful and lovely lady. I couldn\u2019t believe what happened to her. It\u2019s a huge shame. To me, she\u2019s always been a brilliant person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He added: \u201cA lot of people know her. It\u2019s been quite shocking this week. I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s happened to someone; you don\u2019t expect it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Jakki Monroe, the current owner of the pub, said \u201cthe village is in shock\u201d following the news of Mrs McGowan&#8217;s death. She added: &#8220;It\u2019s horrific and everyone from The Castle would like to send their condolences to all of Elaine\u2019s family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37431530\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37431530\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.2883597883597884\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saltwood resident Hemang Patel said she was a &quot;lovely lady&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431530.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431530.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431530.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37431530.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Saltwood resident Hemang Patel said she was a &quot;lovely lady&quot;\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Saltwood resident Hemang Patel said she was a &#8220;lovely lady&#8221;<cite aria-label=\"Image: Hemang Patel\/Cover Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Hemang Patel\/Cover Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mrs McGowan&#8217;s sister Joanne Butcher wrote on <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/facebook\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Facebook<\/a>: &#8220;Last Sunday, July 5th, my sister Elaine McGowan (nee Butcher) was murdered by a gunman outside my godfather&#8217;s house opposite Trincity Mall, Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Elaine is survived by her beloved husband Ian McGowan and many, many family and friends. She was in Trinidad conducting business as the Director of Cocal Retreat, my father&#8217;s farm in Manzanilla and continuing his legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Elaine, myself and my cousins grew up in South London in the 60&#8217;s and our parents &#8211; all immigrants from T&amp;T &#8211; always believed in the values of family and community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We spent every weekend and every holiday together and I learned at an early age how important family is in good times and in bad. If anyone has any information concerning this crime, please contact the police in Trinidad who are conducting a thorough investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An FCDO spokesperson told the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Mirror<\/a>: &#8220;We are supporting the family of a British woman who died in Trinidad and Tobago and are in contact with the local authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Mirror has contacted Trinidad and Tobago police for a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/british-landlady-shot-dead-trinidad-37431382\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elaine McGowan, 65, who used to run the The Castle Hotel pub in Saltwood, Kent,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1_Beloved-British-pub-landlady-shot-dead-in-front-of-her-husband-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}