Neighbours of missing Morgan Stanley boss and his wife reveal their shock as hopes of finding the couple alive in the Sicily yacht tragedy fade By Paul Thompson and Frankie Elliott For Mailonline Published: 14:58 EDT, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 15:02 EDT, 20 August 2024 e-mail View comments Neighbours of missing bank boss Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy spoke of their shock as hopes of finding the couple alive in the Sicily yacht tragedy fades. Six people including the Bloomers and the British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter are missing after the £30million Bayesian superyacht capsized early yesterday morning. Rescuers are now frantically searching for trapped survivors and have warned that the next 24 hours are 'critical' if there is to be any hope of finding anyone alive, with the distant possibility there could still be an air pocket inside the wreck.
Locals of Knockholt in Kent, where Mr Bloomer and his wife used to spend weekends in a £5m country house on the edge of the picturesque village, said they were stunned by the news. Harry Osenton, who managed the local pub The Three Horseshoes where the couple would occasionally be seen, said: 'It is quite a shock. I remember he [Mr Bloomer] would come in here occasionally with his family.
I don't think he lived in the village full time but was in here at the start of the summer.' Chairman of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer (pictured left), is yet to be found Mr Bloomer's wife Judy was al.