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His comment that she pulled his mask off is also suspicious. That is a central part of all dive training. It would certainly distract him but takes only a short moment to clear. If he wanted to save her he could easily have at least made an attempt.

He deserves the same treatment, put him down and turn of his air.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. We only have the distraught father of the bride saying:

But Mrs Watson’s father, Tommy Thomas, claimed that his daughter had told him before the wedding that her fiancé had asked her to increase her life insurance and change the policy to make him the sole beneficiary. Mr Thomas told the court that his daughter decided to lie to Mr Watson and pretend that she had made the changes.

And the story line concocted by the police is that the guy "turned off the air supply of his wife until she was dead, or nearly dead, then turned it back on and let her sink to the seabed."

Uh. Meanwhile, she did no thrashing around...no panicking...nobody else in the dive group noticed anything awry while she was "dying or nearly dying."

OTOH, we have a novice diver and a recently certified diver (read little experience) out in the open ocean near the barrier reef (big, big swells! Can be VERY daunting for even regular divers.)

She panics, he tries to help...and let me tell you...when you're scared yourself, you don't necessarily go grab on to someone who can get you out of control too. That close to death, it's not unreasonable for all societal and human concerns to disappear into pure animal instinct.

So, maybe he did do it. Maybe he didn't but failed to help. But it seem imminently plausable that this is just one of the possible outcomes of a wonderful but very dangerous sport, and the family of the deceased is naturally lashing out and latching on to anything they can for comfort and explanation. Here's a father who gives his daughter away at the altar to a young man he does not know, and then loses her permanently under his care. He's supposed to be understanding if it was an accident?