Mark Raymond Gibbon, in US on holiday, charged with attempted second-degree murder and battery
A British man has been charged by US police with the attempted murder of his daughter-in-law after allegedly trying to drown her in a swimming pool while on holiday, local authorities have said.
Mark Raymond Gibbon, 62, of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, allegedly tried to drown the 33-year-old woman after they had an argument about his grandchildren in their rental home at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, Florida, on Sunday, the Polk county sheriff, Grady Judd, said on X.
Officers had responded to reports of a disturbance in a backyard swimming pool at about 5.20pm local time. Gibbon allegedly held the victim’s head underwater multiple times, which prevented her from breathing, Judd said.
He allegedly stopped only after holidaymakers next door said they had called the police, while the alleged victim’s nine-year-old daughter jumped into the pool to try to stop the incident, the sheriff said.
