Underwater Assault over a reef in Kona
 

Not something you would expect while diving in Kona to have someone rip off your air regulator.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1327349/wa...is-kona-coast/

I hope they catch the idiot and charge him with attempted murder.

Attempted murder? Uh... no not really... Assault? Yes definitely.

Uhhh, yes really. If the diver wasn't able to retrieve her reg she could have drowned. If she would have panicked and bolted to the surface she could have had an embolism and died.

I dunno, 50 feet down... that's about as close to attempted murder as you can get under water. Anyone who's been through any sort of dive training knows that someone's rig is about as close to holy an object that's not been personally held by Jesus can get. Ripping it out of someone's mouth aggressively like that sends a pretty strong message about what you want to happen to them.

I've trained with people who would not have survived that experience. They would have panicked and either bolted for the surface, or taken a big ol' gulp of seawater. An experienced diver like that obviously would have no trouble recovering, but he was making an awful lot of life or death assumptions about her capabilities when he did that.

It's not the first time it's happened unfortunately but this is one of the few times that there is video evidence of this type of assault/attempted murder.

A few years ago off the coast of Florida a diver was found dead initially it was suspected it was due to drowning due to inexperience but further investigation found that the diver had been intentionally killed and while the death hasn't been solved the area the diver was found was infamous for unscrupulous people illegally collecting coral and fish for resale

It's not an isolated case it's just not well reported or documented and it happens throughout the world in both fresh and saltwater. People are willing to commit murder for anything because its big money

I doubt he "attempted" or intended to murder her.

If he really wanted her dead he could have made a better attempt than that.

He really should get an assault charge with the max sentence though.

I dunno;

I can't think of too many instances where taking away somebody's ability to breath is not attempted murder; what you're suggesting is like running somebody over with your car and saying "if I wanted them dead, I would've gone faster". Pretty sure that he'd be looking at either manslaughter or second degree murder charges.

It would be an interesting court case no doubt.

Im just saying most likely this guys intent was not to kill her. If he did intend to kill her it was a weak attempt at that.

If she had died it would have been manslaughter IMO.

It was careless, it was stupid, it was evil but attempted murder? No matter what we think or the courts it would only be what was in this guys mind at the time. Was his intent to end her life. My guess from the information i know is no.

This is good. Can you run someone over and not expect them die? If you are just trying to hurt them by running over their hand and at the last second they move and you kill them. That is not murder cause you didnt intend to kill them. Again that would be text book aggravated manslaughter.