MISSING British billionaire tycoon Mike Lynch's ex colleague and co-defendant in his US fraud trial has died in hospital after being hit my a car, it is claimed. Stephen Chamberlain was fatally struck by the vehicle on Saturday, just hours before Lynch, 59, disappeared after a yacht he was sailing on sunk. The vessel was caught in a freak whirlwind off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday, with six people still missing, including the entrepreneur and his daughter Hannah, 18.
Chamberlain, Autonomy's former vice president of finance alongside chief executive Lynch, was hit by a car in Cambridgeshire on Saturday morning and was placed on life support. Chamberlain's lawyer Gary Lincenberg told MailOnline : "Our dear client and friend Steve Chamberlain was fatally struck by a car on Saturday while out running. "He was a courageous man with unparalleled integrity.
We deeply miss him. "Steve fought successfully to clear his good name at trial earlier this year, and his good name now lives on through his wonderful family." Lynch, meanwhile, is one of six people reported missing after the Bayesian luxury yacht was caught in a whirlwind which snapped its mast.
The boat sank off the coast of the Italian island Sicily at about 5am local time. Chamberlain left Lynch's software firm Autonomy in 2012 before becoming chief operating officer for cybersecurity firm Darktrace. He also volunteered as a finance director for Cambridge United, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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