Italian officials announced at a press conference on Saturday morning that a manslaughter investigation has been opened following the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily on Monday . The boat, named the Bayesian, went down after being struck by a sudden weather event in the early hours of Monday, with seven of its passengers losing their lives as a result of the incident. The local prosecutor’s office in Termini Imerese is leading the investigations, with the security forces involved in the search and rescue operations also present at today’s press conference.
It comes after the body of the final missing passenger , British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch ‘s 18-year-old daughter Hannah, was recovered on Friday morning. Follow i ‘s live blog for the latest updates. A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the deaths of seven people in the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, an Italian prosecutor said.
Ambrogio Cartosio, chief prosecutor of nearby Termini Imerese, said in a press conference at the town’s court on Saturday that his office has opened an initial investigation into manslaughter, according to a translation. After opening the press conference in Sicily, Termini Imerese’s chief prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio confirmed the names of the seven victims and when their bodies were recovered. He explained that the Italian coastguard was called at 4.
38am local time on Monday but that the yacht had already sunk by the time they arrived, while most of the survivors were rescued by a nearby yacht. The chief prosecutor confirmed that the first body recovered – on Monday – was that of the boat’s chef, Recaldo Thomas, while the four victims recovered by diving teams from inside the yacht wreckage on Wednesday were Jonathan and Judy Bloomer and Christopher and Neda Morvillo. The body of Mike Lynch was recovered on Thursday, while the body of his 18-year-old daughter Hannah was recovered on Friday.
Good morning and welcome to i ‘s live blog. Italian officials are scheduled to hold a press conference this morning on the sinking of the Bayesian, the luxury yacht which fell victim to a sudden weather event off the coast of Sicily on Monday . The bodies of the six missing passengers, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch , were recovered from the wreckage by divers between Wednesday and Friday.
An investigation into the yacht’s sinking is being led by the local prosecutor’s office in Termini Imerese, Sicily, with the security forces involved in the search and rescue operations also present at today’s press conference. We’ll also bring you the latest news stories from around the UK today..
