Newlywed acquitted of killing wife on honeymoon

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

Prosecutors said Gabe Watson, motivated by potential insurance payouts, had drowned his wife Tina in Oct 2003 by turning off her oxygen supply during their dive in the waters off Townsville, Australia.

Judge Tommy Nail ruled there was no evidence to suggest Watson intended to kill. “The only way to convict this man of capital murder is to use speculation and conjecture,” he said. “The state has failed to establish an intentional killing.”