Listen to article ROME: Italian prosecutors have placed under investigation the captain of the superyacht that sank off Sicily last week in a storm, killing British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people, a judicial source said on Monday. James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck, the source said, … Read more
Italian prosecutors are investigating potential manslaughter charges in connection with the tragic sinking of the superyacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily, where violent storms claimed the lives of seven people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah. The body of Hannah, who had been missing since the yacht capsized early … Read more
Rescue personnel lift the body bag containing the corpse of British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, who died when a yacht owned by his family sank off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, August 22, 2024. — Reuters PORTICELLO: The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from … Read more
A combination of images shows UK’s tech tycoon Mike Lynch and Italian firefighters on a rescue boat. — Reuters/Files Specialist Italian divers on Tuesday launched a new search for six people, including United Kingdom’s tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter, who have been missing since their yacht capsized off Italy’s Sicily. The British-flagged yacht, … Read more
Emergency and rescue services work near the scene where a sailboat sank in the early hours of Monday, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, August 19, 2024. — Reuters PALERMO: One man died and six people were missing after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm … Read more