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A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the deaths of seven people, including British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah, in the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, Ambrogio Cartosio, public prosecutor of Termini Imerese, said. British tech mogul Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among six people recovered after the Bayesian superyacht sank near Porticello at about 5am local time on Monday. The tech tycoon – often referred to as the 'British Bill Gates' – had intended the trip to be a celebration of his long-awaited freedom after he was finally acquitted in a 12-year-long fraud case.

Instead, the voyage turned into a waking nightmare after the luxury yacht was battered during intense storms off the coast of Palermo, with terrifying CCTV footage showing the vessel sinking hopelessly below the waves as the storm raged on. Out of the 10..



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