BREAKING NEWS Family pay tribute to co-defendant of missing British tech tycoon who was killed in car crash just days before Mike Lynch's luxury superyacht sunk off the coast of Sicily By Rory Tingle, Home Affairs Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 09:50, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 10:07, 20 August 2024 e-mail View comments Relatives have paid tribute to a co-defendant of Mike Lynch who died early this morning after being struck by a car just days before the tycoon's luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. Stephen Chamberlain, who was fatally injured following the crash on Saturday, is a former colleague of Mr Lynch - who is now missing after the Bayesian sank in the early hours of Monday. In a statement released through Cambridgeshire Police, the family said: 'Steve was a much-loved husband, father, son, brother and friend.
He was an amazing individual whose only goal in life was to help others in any way possible. 'He made a lasting impression on everyone who had the privilege of knowing him. He will be deeply missed but forever in the hearts of his loved ones.
' Mr Chamberlain was vice president of finance at Mr Lynch's tech firm Autonomy and faced the same charges of fraud and conspiracy as his former boss for allegedly scheming to inflate the company's value before a £9billion sale to Hewlett-Packard. Stephen Chamberlain, a co-defendant in the US trial of missing tycoon Mike Lynch, died on Saturday Mr Chamberlain's family have described him as a 'much-loved husban.