A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the deaths of seven people, including the British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah, in the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, an Italian prosecutor has said.
Ambrogio Cartosio, the public prosecutor of 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.
He added that they were conducting an investigation against unknown persons.
The bodies of Jonathan Bloomer, the chair of the bank Morgan Stanley International; his wife, Judy; Chris Morvillo, the Clifford Chance lawyer; and his wife, Neda; were also recovered from the wreckage. The body of Recaldo Thomas, the ship’s chef, was recovered shortly after the Bayesian sank.
The bodies of six people were recovered from cabins on the left side of the yacht after it had sunk, the chief of the Palermo fire service said.
