By The Associated Press
Brisbane, Australia – Australian prosecutors said Thursday they will appeal for stronger punishment for a man from Alabama who was sentenced to serve one year in prison for manslaughter in the death of his wife during a honeymoon scuba diving trip.
David Gabriel Watson, of Birmingham, was sentenced earlier this month to serve one year of a four-and-a-half year sentence for the 2003 death of his wife during a trip to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
He was to stand trial in the Queensland state Supreme Court for murder until the prosecution accepted the guilty plea to the lesser charge.
Christina Mae Watson drowned while diving with her husband of 11 days on the Great Barrier Reef. Her body was found on the ocean floor.
Coroner David Glasgow formally charged Watson with murder last June.