Husband gets suspended sentenced in wife’s jet ski accident in Australia

A husband whose wife lost her leg when she fell off a jet ski he was driving in Australia last year pleaded guilty and was given a six-month suspended jail sentence.

Jamie McAtamney was driving the jet ski with his wife sitting behind him. When he made a sharp turn, Mrs. McAtamney was thrown into the water and a boat hit her. Her leg was severed above the knee.

She has been hospitalized twice this month and needs continuous care, her husband’s attorney said.

The accident occurred in Queensland’s Gold Coast..

Jamie McAtamney pleaded guilty to operating a motor vessel unsafely and causing grievous bodily harm.

The magistrate said he behaved with gross negligence of an extreme kind, behavior becoming all too familiar on the Gold Coast.

The six-month jail sentence was suspended for 18 months because he is needed to care for his wife and their children.

Source:  Australian Broadcasting Corporation