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The captain of the luxury yacht owned by the family of British tech magnate Mike Lynch that sank off Sicily last week declined to respond to prosecutors during questioning on Tuesday, one of his lawyers said.
James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealand national, was put under investigation on Monday by Italian prosecutors.
“The captain exercised his right to remain silent for two fundamental reasons,” lawyer Giovanni Rizzuti told reporters.
“First, he’s very worn out. Second, we were appointed only on Monday and for a thorough and correct defence case we need to acquire a set of data that at the moment we don’t have.”

Lynch and six other people were killed when the British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-foot) yacht, capsized and sank on August 19 within minutes of being hit by a predawn storm while anchored off northern Sicily.
The ship’s engineer, Tim Parker Eaton, was also placed under investigation by Italian prosecutors, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
Being placed under investigation in Italy does not imply guilt, and does not mean formal charges will necessarily follow. It is still unclear whether other crew members or other people will also be placed under investigation.
Prosecutors said their investigation would take time, and would require the wreck to be salvaged from the sea. The Bayesian is currently lying on its right side, at a depth of around 50 metres.
The coastguard is conducting activities to monitor the environmental conditions in the area where the yacht sank, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
“At the moment we don’t register any leaks from tanks and there are no traces of oil pollution,” it said.


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Mike Lynch yacht death: captain declines to answer questions from investigators

Captain James Cutfield is under investigation over the deaths of Mike Lynch and six others. Photo: Undated Handout

Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah died when the Bayesian sank with 22 people on board on August 19 off the coast of Sicily, southern Italy. Photo: EPA-EFE

Mike Lynch superyacht sinking: ship’s captain, James Cutfield faces manslaughter investigation

Italian prosecutors have placed Captain James Cutfield under investigation over the deaths of Mike Lynch and six others after the British tech tycoon’s superyacht sank off Sicily last week. Photo: Handout

The ‘Bayesian’ sailing boat, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Photo: EPA-EFE/Perini Navi Press Office

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah Lynch were killed in the sinking of the “Bayesian”, which went down off the Italian island before dawn on August 19. Photo: AFP/Family handout

Mike Lynch superyacht sinking: Italian prosecutors open manslaughter investigation

Rescue teams operate off Porticello harbour near Palermo on Thursday. Photo: TNS

(From left) Deputy prosecutor Raffaele Cammarano, Chief prosecutor of Termini Imerese, Ambrogio Cartosio and Rear Admiral Raffaele Macauda, commander of the Palermo Coast Guard, hold a press conference on the Bayesian shipwreck in Termini Imerese, near Palermo, on Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah pose in an undated photo. Photo: Tancredi Group via AFP

5 bodies found on wreck of UK tech mogul Mike Lynch’s Bayesian superyacht

Italian Firefighters scuba divers bring ashore in a green bag the body of one of the victims of the UK flag vessel Bayesian on Wednesday. Photo: AP

British entrepreneur Mike Lynch went missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. Photo: Reuters

Rescuers on Wednesday search the area where a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy. Photo: Reuters

Morgan Stanley’s Bloomer also missing in Mike Lynch yacht tragedy, search resumes near Sicily

Divers operate in the sea to search for the missing after a luxury yacht sank off Sicily, on August 19. Photo: Vigili del Fuoco/Reuters

Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer is among those confirmed missing by Italian authorities after the luxury yacht they were on board sank off the coast of Sicily early on Monday. Photo: SCMPOST

UK businessman Mike Lynch is among those missing after a superyacht sank off southern Italy. Photo: AFP

The Bayesian sailing boat, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Photo: EPA-EFE/PERINI Navi Press Office

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New Zealander James Cutfield was put under investigation on Monday. Tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others died when the yacht sank off Sicily


New Zealander James Cutfield was put under investigation on Monday. Tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others died when the yacht sank off Sicily.
