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Murder case dismissed in death of newlywed wife

An Alabama judge on Thursday abruptly dismissed the murder case against a man accused in the scuba-diving death of his newlywed wife off Australia’s coast.

According to Ken Glass, the judge’s judicial assistant, Nail dismissed the case “after the state rested its case against Gabe Watson (and) the defense filed a motion for a judgment of acquittal due to a lack of evidence.”

“I’m going to grant the defendant’s motion for acquittal. This case is dismissed,” Nail said, prompting an outburst of applause in the courtroom.

Afterward, a visibly emotional Watson put his face in his hands, then began hugging people around the room.

His 26-year-old wife, Tina, died October 22, 2003, while the pair were diving at a historic shipwreck off the Great Barrier Reef – some 9,000 miles from Birmingham, where the two had wed 11 days earlier.

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