A judge has acquitted an Alabama man accused of killing his new wife on a honeymoon scuba dive trip in Australia.

Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of an Alabama man suspected of killing his wife during an Australian honeymoon scuba diving trip to get insurance money.

An American jailed in Australia for his wife’s drowning death during their honeymoon has returned to the US, where he faces two murder charges.

A diver who drowned his wife on their honeymoon scuba trip was jailed for just one year by an Australian court today.