A British man who was accused of trying to drown his daughter-in-law at a Florida swimming pool has been released, after agreeing to a plea deal.

Mark Raymond Gibbon, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, was arrested in August after an incident where he was alleged to have repeatedly held the 33-year-old underwater after they had argued about his grandchildren.

The 62-year-old was arrested and taken to a Florida jail, where he was charged with attempted second-degree murder and two counts of battery.

The Polk County Sheriff's Department said at the time: "Gibbon is accused of pushing and holding the victim's head underwater multiple times, preventing her from breathing.

"The victim's nine-year-old daughter jumped into the pool in an attempt to stop Gibbon from drowning her mother.

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