The man who was the dive master on the trip in 2003, Wade Singleton, said 26-year-old Tina Watson didn't get a private briefing or an orientation dive before going into the water with her husband, Gabe Watson, despite policies that require both.
While company rules based on government regulations required workers to make in-depth, individual assessments of divers' skills, employees on the Spoilsport didn't perform all the checks on Tina Watson or other divers, Singleton said.
Tina Watson's father, Tommy Thomas, left the courtroom in tears as an Australian medical examiner showed jurors autopsy photos. The doctor, David John Williams, said an examination determined the woman drowned, and he ruled out other factors including a heart problem that she'd had several years ear
Prosecutors contend Watson killed his wife of 11 days in hopes of collecting some $210,000 in insurance benefits, A manager at a store where Tina Watson worked, Caesar Lamonica, testified that Watson came in within a month of her death asking about a life insurance policy.
The defense argues Watson didn't have anything to gain monetarily because Tina Watson's father was the beneficiary of her life insurance policy and a travel insurance policy only covered expenses. Earlier testimony showed that Tina Watson's father was the beneficiary under her life insurance policy.
