Brit husband, 76, and wife, 77, found dead on beach while on holiday on Caribbean paradise island Carriacou

A BRITISH couple have been found dead on a beach in the Caribbean while on hoiday.

The elderly husband and wife were staying on the Grenadine island of Carriacou before their shock death, say local media.

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The man, 76, and his wife, 77, were found on Paradise Beach in the village of L’Esterre with police suspecting they drowned, according to Loop News.

Unconfirmed reports say the man struggled in the water before his wife tried to save him.

The couple are believed to have ultimately died alongside each other in the water.

Local police have launched an investigation into the deaths and an autopsy is underway.

A statement by cops said the autopsy results will “tell us exactly what happened to them but for now, it’s an apparent drowning”, reported Loop News.

Recently, another British couple were caught up on a Caribbean island in a horror situation and are feared dead.

Sailors Ralph Hendry and his wife Kathy Brandel are thought to have had their boat hijacked by three escaped prisoners as they were on their way to a restaurant on Grenada.

Suellen Desmarais, Ralph’s sister, told Fox 5 DC: “On Sunday, they went into the town around 3 o’clock because another boater saw them go into town.

“The other boater, when he went to bed, he noticed that they were there because you always look to see who is around you and in the morning, when the boater woke up, they were gone.”

The sailors went missing the same day that three fugitives, Ron Mitchell, 30, Trevon Robertson, 19, and Abita Stanislaus, 25, “escaped lawful custody”, the New York Post reported.

The Grenadian trio escaped the South St. George Police Station and headed to the marina, where they reportedly fled to another Caribbean island – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry also went missing in the Caribbean