A British grandfather who allegedly tried to drown his son's ex-fiancee in a Florida swimming pool has been released from jail on a reduced charge, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Mark Gibbon, 62, was released on a $26,000 (£19,200) bail on Friday but a judge ordered him to wear an electronic tag and surrender his UK passport.
Mr Gibbon was reportedly in a relationship with Jasmine Wyld – the 33-year-old mother of his two grandchildren – when the pair became embroiled in a drunken row over his will in the pool at a luxury resort last month.
He allegedly pushed Ms Wyld's head under water multiple times and gave her scratches and bruises at the Solterra Resort in Davenport before her nine-year-old daughter intervened, according to police reports.
At a court hearing last week, the second degree attempted murder charge he had been facing was downgraded to a charge of battery by strangulation.
