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David Watson pleads guilty to manslaughter | The Daily Telegraph
A MAN charged over the death of his new wife on a Barrier Reef diving holiday won't face a murder charge after the Brisbane Supreme Court accepted his plea of manslaughter.
The Courier-Mail reports that US national David Gabe Watson, 32, appeared in the Brisbane Supreme Court this morning charged of murdering his bride, Tina, 26, while diving on the Great Barrier Reef near Townsville in October 23, 2003.
Three weeks ago Mr Watson voluntarily travelled from the US and arrived at Brisbane's International Airport and immediately surrendered himself into police custody.
He appeared in court on the same day and was ordered to be held in custody.
Mr Watson's wife of 11 days died on their first dive of a 10-day scuba-diving expedition on the Great Barrier Reef, off Townsville, in October 2003.
Tina's death and the six-year fight for justice by her parents attracted worldwide media coverage for what was allegedly a brutal crime of passion, or a crime motivated by a modest life-insurance payout.
Mr Watson, a bubble-wrap salesman, has since remarried a woman who bears a striking similarity to his late wife Tina.
In mid-2008, coroner David Glasgow found that it was likely Mr Watson killed his 26-year-old wife by holding her under water and turning off her air supply.
Prosecutors late last year filed an indictment in the Townsville Supreme Court against Mr Watson over the death of his wife.
When Mr Watson returned to Brisbane, his US solicitor said he had returned so he could enter a formal not guilty plea.
Today he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will not face trial for murder.
He will be sentenced immediately.
David Watson pleads guilty to manslaughter | The Daily Telegraph
A MAN charged over the death of his new wife on a Barrier Reef diving holiday won't face a murder charge after the Brisbane Supreme Court accepted his plea of manslaughter.
The Courier-Mail reports that US national David Gabe Watson, 32, appeared in the Brisbane Supreme Court this morning charged of murdering his bride, Tina, 26, while diving on the Great Barrier Reef near Townsville in October 23, 2003.
Three weeks ago Mr Watson voluntarily travelled from the US and arrived at Brisbane's International Airport and immediately surrendered himself into police custody.
He appeared in court on the same day and was ordered to be held in custody.
Mr Watson's wife of 11 days died on their first dive of a 10-day scuba-diving expedition on the Great Barrier Reef, off Townsville, in October 2003.
Tina's death and the six-year fight for justice by her parents attracted worldwide media coverage for what was allegedly a brutal crime of passion, or a crime motivated by a modest life-insurance payout.
Mr Watson, a bubble-wrap salesman, has since remarried a woman who bears a striking similarity to his late wife Tina.
In mid-2008, coroner David Glasgow found that it was likely Mr Watson killed his 26-year-old wife by holding her under water and turning off her air supply.
Prosecutors late last year filed an indictment in the Townsville Supreme Court against Mr Watson over the death of his wife.
When Mr Watson returned to Brisbane, his US solicitor said he had returned so he could enter a formal not guilty plea.
Today he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will not face trial for murder.
He will be sentenced immediately.