'We're 荒廃させるd over 悲劇の death': Parents of British hotelier 殺人d in St Lucia tell of heartache as they 計画(する) UK and Caribbean 記念のs?

  • Burnt-out 範囲 Rover 設立する on remote pathway in St Lucia on Friday
  • Charred 団体/死体 設立する inside car is believed to be that of British hotelier
  • 犠牲者 指名するd 地元で as 38-year-old multi-millionaire Oliver 'Ollie' Gobat
  • 地元の 報告(する)/憶測s believe he was 発射 in 長,率いる before 存在 始める,決める alight in 乗り物
  • Today parents of Mr Gobat 確認するd death and paid 尊敬の印 to their son
  • Say they are '荒廃させるd' by loss and '圧倒するd' by messages of grief
  • Olympic gold medallist Daley Thompson paid 尊敬の印 to Mr Gobat
  • Decathlete carried out workshops at family's five-星/主役にする Cap Maison hotel
  • He said: 'My love & thoughts go out to friends & family of Ollie Gobat'
  • Model Kelly Brook and the late Amy Winehouse have stayed at his hotel

The family of a British hotelier 恐れるd 殺人d on the Caribbean island of St Lucia have said they are 荒廃させるd by his death.

The family of Oliver Gobat 確認するd today that the 所有物/資産/財産 developer and former Surrey junior cricketer died last Friday.

A charred 団体/死体 was 設立する in a burnt-out car on the Cap 広い地所, an 排除的 訴える手段/行楽地 area on the island, hours after his family, who run a five-星/主役にする boutique hotel on the island, 報告(する)/憶測d him 行方不明の.

報告(する)/憶測s 示唆するd the 犠牲者 had been 発射 twice in the 長,率いる before 存在 浴びせる/消すd with 石油 and 始める,決める alight.

Multi-millionaire Oliver 'Ollie' Gobat, 38, was allegedly shot twice in the head before being doused with petrol and set alight in his Range Rover, pictured, on the Caribbean Island of St Lucia

Multi-millionaire Oliver 'Ollie' Gobat, 38, was 恐らく 発射 twice in the 長,率いる before 存在 浴びせる/消すd with petro l and 始める,決める alight in his 範囲 Rover, pictured, on the Caribbean Island of St Lucia

Oliver Gobat
The body of Oliver Gobat, a British hotelier, was found in a burnt out Range Rover on the island of St Lucia

British hotelier Oliver Gobat (pictured left with his sister-in-法律 Alexandra See), was 恐らく 設立する in a burnt-out 範囲 Rover on the island of St Lucia


Today Mr Gobat'sparents have broken their silence to pay tribute to their son, saying they are 'devastated' over his death and 'overwhelmed' by messages of grief

Today Mr Gobat'sparents have broken their silence to 支払う/賃金 尊敬の印 to their son, 説 they are '荒廃させるd' over his death and '圧倒するd' by messages of grief

The family have confirmed there will be a memorial service for the hotelier in Caribbean and UK

The family have 確認するd there will be a 記念の service for the hotelier in Caribbean and UK

In a 声明 today, his family said: 'The Gobat family are 荒廃させるd by the sudden and 悲劇の death of their son and brother Oliver on Friday April 25 in St Lucia, the island where he was born and which he loved.

'We have been 圧倒するd by the outpouring of messages and love but we do need to grieve and we would ask for privacy at this time.

'There will be a 祝賀 of the life of Oliver Gobat held in St Lucia for family and friends this Saturday, May 3, from 5pm and a 記念の will be held in the UK in the 近づく 未来 with dates and 詳細(に述べる)s to follow.'

Though Mr Gobat was born in St Lucia, he held 共同の British and Caribbean 国籍.

After Mr Gobat's death, 二塁打 Olympic 10種競技 支持する/優勝者 Daley Thompson tweeted his 弔慰s.

He said: 'My love and thoughts go out to friends and family of Ollie Gobat. He was a gem and his family must have been so proud of him. RIP my friend. X'

BBC sports pundit and Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Denise 吊りくさび also tweeted her 弔慰s.

She said: 'Just read the shocking news about the death of Oliver Gobat. So very sad. My 弔慰s to his friends and family. Such a lovely guy.'

Yesterday horrific pictures 現れるd showing the burnt-out 難破 of a 範囲 Rover in which 地元の police officers 設立する a 団体/死体, thought to be that of Mr Gobat.

The charred remains were discovered hours after his family - who run a £405-a-night five 星/主役にする boutique hotel - 報告(する)/憶測d him 行方不明の.

Police and the Foreign Office would not 確認する the 犠牲者's 指名する - but 二塁打 Olympic 10種競技 gold medallist Daley Thompson paid a personal 尊敬の印 to the 豊富な hotelier on Twitter.

The 38-year-old's death remains a mystery as police have been unable to give details until a post mortem examination is complete

The 38-year-old's death remains a mystery as police have been unable to give 詳細(に述べる)s until a 地位,任命する mortem examination is 完全にする

The burned wreckage of the Range Rover, believed to be owned by British millionaire Oliver 'Ollie' Gobat, was found on a remote pathway in St Lucia with the wealthy hotelier's body inside

The 燃やすd 難破 of the 範囲 Rover, believed to be owned by British millionaire Oliver 'Ollie' Gobat, was 設立する on a remote pathway in St Lucia with the 豊富な hotelier's 団体/死体 inside

The burnt-out vehicle has now been seized by police as part of the investigation into the death

The burnt-out 乗り物 has now been 掴むd by police as part of the 調査 into the death

One of the rooms at Cap Maison - the hotel run by the Gobat family. Rooms cost up to £400 per night

One of the rooms at Cap Maison - the hotel run by the Gobat family. Rooms cost up to £400 per night

The athlete tweeted this heart-felt message to Mr Gobat's family

The 競技者 tweeted this heart-felt message to Mr Gobat's family

The sportsman has carried out fitness workshops at the family’s luxurious Cap Maison hotel on the island.

He wrote: 'My love&thoughts go out to friends&family of Ollie Gobat. he was a gem& his family must have been so proud of him. RIP my friend. X’

Unconfirmed 報告(する)/憶測s from St Lucia 示唆する Mr Gobat’s family 宿泊するd a ‘行方不明の person’ 報告(する)/憶測 with police after he failed to return home on Friday night.

Athlete Daley Thompson who knew the Gobat family today tweeted: 'My love&thoughts go out to friends&family of Ollie Gobat. he was a gem& his family must have been so proud of him. RIP my friend. X

競技者 Daley Thompson who knew the Gobat family today tweeted: 'My love&thoughts go out to friends&family of Ollie Gobat. he was a gem& his family must have been so proud of him. RIP my friend. X

The 乗り物 he owns matches the description of the 範囲 Rover which was discovered with the 団体/死体 inside around 9pm last Friday.

The 団体/死体 of the 目だつ island 実業家, in his late thirties, was said to have been ‘burnt beyond 承認’ and was 設立する in the 前線 乗客 seat.

The FCO is working with island 当局 to help identify the 団体/死体 after news 現れるd of the death.

An FCO spokesperson said: 'We are aware of 報告(する)/憶測s and are looking into them 緊急に.'

A 広報担当者 for St Lucia police said: 'We can’t 公表する/暴露する any (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) at the moment, we are 会合 with the family soon.'

Cap Maison, a five-星/主役にする boutique hotel 始める,決める in the lush 熱帯の grounds of a former sugar 農園 on the northern tip of the island, 申し込む/申し出s 高級な 控訴s.

Guests, which have 含むd Amy Winehouse and Kelly Brook, stay in 植民地の-style 郊外住宅s and every 高級な is on tap, 含むing valets, 私的な chefs, a walk-in ワイン cellar and spa.

The creators of the hotel were the Gobat family, Theo and Helen and their three sons Rufus, Adam and Oliver.

The dead man’s parents, who live in Esher, Surrey, are understood to have flown out to St Lucia.

Theo Gobat, 74, was born in Chester and trained as an accountant and moved to St Lucia in 1974 as 財政/金融 director of a hotel and travel company which then went 破産者/倒産した.

He and another director 首尾よく took over the company’s hotels and 結局 created the small, upmarket Cap Maison.

Oliver was born in St Lucia but had 二重の 国籍. He 代表するd Surrey juniors at cricket and …に出席するd 物陰/風下d University, before moving to Australia to help 開始する,打ち上げる a health and fitness club in Adelaide, Australia.

Mr 獲得する's death comes three after Roger Pratt, 62, was 殺人d and his wife Margaret, 60, 負傷させるd when robbers attacked their ヨット as it lay moored off the Caribbean island of St Lucia.

The couple, from Warwickshire, had been on a dream voyage around the world on their £200,000 ヨット, when they were 待ち伏せ/迎撃するd at the port of Vieux Fort, at night.

Four men have been 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with Mr Pratt's 殺人.

Paradise: Cap Maison estate of luxury apartments and hotel in the Caribbean run by Mr Gobat

楽園: Cap Maison 広い地所 of 高級な apartments and hotel in the Caribbean run by Mr Gobat

The boutique hotel, pictured, is five star and is based on the coast of the island

The boutique hotel, pictured, is five 星/主役にする and is based on the coast of the island

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