Doctor: My Fight To Save Shark Attack Victim

A French doctor who fought to save the British honeymooner killed by a shark has described how the sea turned into a "lake of blood".

Christian Renaud was on holiday in the Seychelles when Ian Redmond was attacked as he snorkelled just 20 yards from the beach.

Dr Renaud told French newspaper La Depeche how the 30-year-old let out a "scream of terror" before disappearing below the water.

He said: "Immediately the sea was like a lake of blood. The water was red. We will never forget it as long as we live.

"My family and I were very shocked. And that is saying something for a surgeon."

The doctor said he helped to drag Mr Redmond onto a boat and tried to revive him on Anse Lazio beach on the island of Praslin.

"I massaged his heart for 20 minutes and we also gave him adrenaline, but he had already lost too much blood.

"There was no proper medical equipment and I couldn't revive his heart. Despite all my best efforts, I lost him."

Mr Redmond's wife Gemma, 27, had been sunbathing on the beach at the time and witnessed the attack.

She has since paid tribute to her husband of just 10 days and said his death had left a "gaping hole" in the hearts of his family and friends.

A memorial service for Mr Redmond was held on the beach where he died on Friday.

Dr Renaud said a team of shark experts from the US had told him the creature was almost certainly a great white.

He also accused island officials of negligence for not warning tourists of the death of a Frenchman by a shark 15 days earlier.

"Without the negligence of the local authorities this Englishman would never have been killed," he said.