British man arrested in US after trying to drown daughter-in-law in pool row
"It's great that Polk County draws visitors from all across the world", Sheriff Grady Judd said in the statement posted to X."Because Mr Gibbon couldn't control his anger, he may find himself spending a lot more time in Florida than he had anticipated," he said.The woman told officers the pair began arguing about his grandchildren while they were in the holiday rental home's swimming pool, before he allegedly tried to drown her. A young girl then jumped into the pool in an attempt to stop Mr Gibbon drowning the woman, the sheriff's office said. Mr Gibbon is accused of only stopping when two sisters who were holidaying next door said they had called the Sheriff's office.He has been taken to Polk County Jail.
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