A PARADISE island beach looked like a scene from the scary movie "Jaws" when two brothers landed their first catch - a killer bull shark.

Bathers scattered as 11-year-old Jordan O'Neill and Dale Halliwell, 16, landed the seven foot monster during a boat trip in waters off the coast of Cuba with a local fisherman.

The lads were out for just 20 minutes when Jordan hooked a barracuda - then the shark struck.

It leapt from the water and became hooked with the barracuda in its mouth. The fisherman snatched the rod from the stunned lads and fought with the fish as they looked on.

Jordan, of Withinlea Close, said: "The man passed the rod back to Dale and we struggled to hold on while he let the sail down. We looked down to see another shark, a 17 footer under the 15ft x 12ft catamaran.

"Fortunately the noise made by the sail frightened the big shark away but they killed our catch on the beach."

Mum Martine said: "There were no shark warnings on the shore. We watched the boys sail off and about 20 minutes later spotted a shark's fin in the sea. We couldn't believe it. We were told they didn't come in because the water was too shallow and too warm.

"The lads have never really been interested in angling, but we had been out on a pedalo a couple of days before and Jordan had caught a couple of tiddlers. The local took people out and the boys decided to go with him, but didn't expect such an adventure.

"We were relieved to welcome them all back in one piece. The trip certainly didn't put them off, in fact all Jordan wants now is to go fishing. The first thing he did when we arrived home was to buy a rod."

Paul said: "It was our first trip to Cuba but the incident hasn't put us off, we'll probably be going back next year to catch it's mum! We asked for some teeth as a memento but had to come home before we could get them."

Martine said: "We thought they would have let the shark go, but they ended up killing it.They are poor people and it was money to them."