More lies from Gabe Watson's team

"Hoover's Gabe Watson wasn't well-trained rescue diver, his lawyer Joseph Basgier says"

An accomplished diver charged with murder in Alabama for the honeymoon death of his wife while scuba diving in Australia had been certified in rescues, but had little formal training, his attorney said Friday. http://blog.al.com/wire/2010/11/gabe_watson_of_hoover_wasnt_we.html

Published: Friday, November 26, 2010

Ed. note: Let's suppose for a moment that Gabe Watson's lawyer, Joseph Basgier, just isn't familiar with the sworn testimony of Gabe's dive instructor. Here you go Mr. Basgier, read on:

"Gabe was well trained in how to rescue a diver"

At the inquest, sworn testimony was also given by videolink from Gabe and Tina's diving instructor, Thomas Jackson, from Birmingham, Alabama.

Mr Jackson confirmed he had trained and certified Tina with her beginner's open water diving qualification, and Gabe with all three of his diving qualifications including open water, advanced open water and rescue diver.

Mr Jackson explained in great detail exactly what Mr Watson's rescue diver training had involved, including how to rescue a panicked diver, a diver with no air, one with no regulator and an unconscious diver, and that Mr Watson had qualified in all areas.

The experienced instructor was visibly stunned when shown Mr Watson's police statements claiming that he did not know how to rescue a diver in trouble.

Crown lawyer John Tate read aloud Mr Watson's statement made to Townsville police five days after Tina's death stating there had been nothing in his training `about how to get somebody' and asked Mr Jackson if that was accurate.

Mr Jackson emphatically replied `Absolutely not'.

"He took the course. I don't know why he's saying he didn't know how to do it," Mr Jackson said.

"When he said he swam down and couldn't get her, that defies everything (that was taught) in training.

"In my opinion, there was no reason why he could not have brought her up from the bottom _ he was definitely trained to do that.

"The whole way he says he went about trying to help her _ none of it makes sense." http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2008/01/25/10097_news.html

Gabe Watson lied under oath? You betcha!

"Over the course of almost a year prior (to filming this footage), a number of items (Mr Thomas) and his family had placed on Mrs Watson's grave would mysteriously disappear," Det Sgt Flynn testified before Townsville coroner David Glasgow yesterday.

"I observed a sports utility vehicle pull up adjacent to (her) grave, and a male identified as Gabe Watson walk over to the grave, kneel down at the flowers placed there, and examine the card on the flowers (which were marked `With love' from Tina's parents).

"He returned to his vehicle, retrieved a set of heavy duty boltcutters, and over the next few minutes, broke the chain lock securing those flowers onto the grave.

"I observed him walk back, throw the flowers onto the street, and he departed."

However, Mr Watson denied any knowledge of such activity in his sworn deposition to US lawyer Eric B. Langley as part of his insurance claim for mental anguish and punitive damages, believed to be in excess of $75,000, against insurance companies Old Republic Insurance Company and Travelex, and travel agency Getaway. http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2008/01/25/10097_news.html

Reported by: ANDY TOULSON

In which the honeymoon killer Gabe Thomas tries to explain away what any witnesses might have seen.....

GABE WATSON: ah so that’s when I went and I grabbed a hold of her BC right here, just kind of clinched it and turned and it was just going um plus I was you know cause we could see you know as we turned we could see the anchor rope and all that

DET. LAWRENCE: yep

GABE WATSON: and we could see some people there so I, in a way I was kind of thinking just may look unusual if somebody’s happened to look you know if you see somebody cause I know at that point I was breathing hard cause I could I could feel the heat on my face

DET. LAWRENCE: mmm

GABE WATSON: you know just from being so hot and so I know I was probably throwing out bubbles all over the place so in the back on my mind as we were kinda going and I was kinda of thinking you know these people probably can see us