A British holidaymaker has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to drown his daughter-in-law in a row over his will.

Mark Gibbon, 62, from Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, was on a family holiday at Solterra Resort in Davenport, near Disney World, Florida, when the pair began arguing about “the stipulations of his will”, US police said. 

He was charged with attempted second-degree murder and two counts of battery.

Mr Gibbon allegedly pushed the 33-year-old “under the water and held her down multiple times”, according to a probable cause arrest affidavit.

His nine-year-old granddaughter “jumped into the pool” to try and save her mother but Mr Gibbon allegedly pushed her away.

“She advised that she could not breathe and believed that she was going to drown,” officials wrote. 

“[The victim] advised that she had to fight Mark in order to get away from him and from under the water, but he kept pushing her back under.”