Prosecutors investigating captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily
Al Jazeera
Seven people, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter, died when the ship went down in a sudden storm.
Prosecutors in Italy are investigating the captain of the superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, on possible charges including manslaughter, his lawyer said.
James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealander, was being investigated for possible manslaughter and shipwreck, lawyer Aldo Mordiglia said on Monday.
Cutfield was one of 15 people on board the 56-meter (184 ft) Bayesian, which sank on August 19 after it was hit by a predawn storm while at anchor off Porticello, near Palermo.
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah and five others were killed.
Mordiglia, one of two lawyers appointed for the captain’s defence, said Cutfield would be questioned by prosecutors on Tuesday. He was previously questioned in the aftermath of the incident, while other crew members were questioned on Monday.
