Four Brits among 7 missing as yacht sinks off Sicily ‘after tornado hit’
NEW pictures show the tiny life raft that saved 11 people after the Bayesian superyacht sank in Italy on Monday., causing the boat to capsize off the coast of Palermo, with four Brits and two Americans still yet to be found.The yacht's chef, Ricardo Thomas, was confirmed dead after rescuers found his body near the wreck on Monday.And top New York lawyer Chris Morvillo, a solicitor at major firm Clifford Chance who worked for Mike Lynch, and his wife Neda, were also lost at sea.
Although the 184ft yacht is lying "practically intact" on its side at the bottom of the sea, rescuers have been struggling to get into it. Diver Marco Tilotta said there was a "world of objects" including furniture and debris obstructing the narrow stairs in front of the yacht cabins.La Repubblica The mum, who suffered horrific injuries to both feet, told the Italian outlet of the "slight tilt" she felt before tragedy struck.that "everything was falling" around her and she was almost "carried away" before she managed to escape to safety.The business tycoon - worth an estimated £852million - was surrounded by members of his legal firm and company Invoke Capital to celebrate a US jury clearing him of fraud earlier this summer.
He was extradited to the US in 2023 over the £8.5billion sale of his software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 and was accused of inflating the company’s value.He was cleared of 16 counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy, following a trial in San Francisco in June.
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