Manslaughter probe opened into yacht sinking
Termini Imerese (Italy), Aug 24
An Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people who were killed when a luxury yacht sank in stormy weather off Sicily this week.
The head of the public prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, Ambrogio Cartosio, said while the yacht had been hit by a very sudden meteorological event, it was “plausible” that crimes of multiple manslaughter through negligence had been committed.
So far the investigation was not aimed at any individual person, he told a news conference.
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