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Cheeki Rafiki Yacht Deaths: Douglas Innes ‘A Cost-cutting Owner’

By Administrator · On June 13, 2017

A company boss on trial over the deaths of four sailors when a yacht capsized had been cutting costs, a court heard.

James Male, Andrew Bridge, Steve Warren and Paul Goslin died when Cheeki Rafiki, the yacht they were sailing, capsized in the North Atlantic.

Prosecutors at Winchester Crown Court in Winchester, U.K. said yacht manager Douglas Innes failed to get it checked ahead of its trip.

Mr Innes, of Stormforce Coaching, denies four counts of manslaughter by gross negligence. Read More

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