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CANBERRA, Australia — An American man convicted of manslaughter in his wife’s honeymoon death was deported today from Australia to the United States, where he is likely to face murder charges in the 2003 drowning.
Gabe Watson, 33, had been in immigration custody since completing an 18-month prison sentence earlier this month. Australia, a staunch opponent of capital punishment, delayed his deportation until it received a pledge from the U.S. government that it would not seek the death penalty against Watson.
Watson was dubbed the “Honeymoon Killer” by the Australian media after his wife of 11 days, 26-year-old Tina Watson, drowned during a 2003 scuba-diving trip on the Great Barrier Reef with her husband, an accomplished diver.
