British vacationer, 62, arrested after ‘making an attempt to drown daughter-in-law’ | UK | News | EUROtoday

This is the primary image of the younger British hairdresser whose father-in-law allegedly tried to drown in a swimming pool close to Disney World in Florida.

Jasmine Wyld, 33, reportedly feared for her life after it’s stated she obtained right into a heated row with Mark Gibbon, 62, about his will throughout a luxurious vacation.

It is alleged Gibbon, who has a movie and tv lighting agency Ultralight in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, pushed and held Ms Wyld’s head below water within the pool a number of instances. He has now been charged with tried second-degree homicide and battery by police within the US

The British vacationers had been staying at a rental house on the Solterra Resort in Davenport, Florida, when the alleged tried drowning occurred, with native sheriffs warning that Gibbon “may find himself spending a lot more time in Florida than he had anticipated.”

The grandfather is being held at Polk County Jail in Florida after the incident.

Ms Wyld shares two kids with Gibbon’s son, Alex, who had beforehand labored along with his father on the movie and tv lighting agency.

He resigned as director in April 2023, the Mirror reviews. Gibbon Snr has since renamed the corporate as MRG Lighting. He is listed as the only real director.

Photographs on Facebook present Ms Wyld, a hairdresser from Buckinghamshire, fortunately smiling with Alex and their two kids.

Companies House paperwork present she was beforehand a director of Jasmine Elizabeth Hair, however the agency was dissolved “via a voluntary strike off” in April 2024.

When contacted by the Daily Mail on Wednesday, Ms Wyld reportedly declined to remark about her father-in-law’s arrest. Officers had responded to reviews of a disturbance in a back-yard swimming pool at round 5.20pm native time on the Solterra Resort on Sunday.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Gibbon had obtained right into a spat with Ms Wyld over the “stipulations of his will”.

Deputies wrote: “She advised that she could not breathe and believed that she was going to drown. [The victim] advised that she had to fight Mark in order to get away from him and from under the water but he kept pushing her back under.”

MRG Lighting, which is Gibbon’s firm, has beforehand labored on tv and movie units, in addition to on music movies for Paloma Faith.

The dad, of Beaconsfield, can be listed as the one director of Sage Hairdressing. Gibbon and his daughter-in-law had been consuming earlier than the altercation, reviews Law and Crime.

Ms Wyld’s 9 yr outdated daughter jumped into the pool to attempt to cease the incident, police stated.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd stated: “It’s great that Polk County draws visitors from all across the world, but we expect vacationers to behave while they visit with us, just as we expect our lifelong residents to do the same. Because Mr Gibbon couldn’t control his anger, he may find himself spending a lot more time in Florida than he had anticipated.”