Shipwreck in Sicily: 5 bodies found, including that of Mike Lynch

The last body recovered Thursday from the wreck of the super yacht that sank Monday morning off the coast of Sicily is that of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, Italian media report.

Of the six people missing after the sinking of the “Bayesian”, there is now only one person still being sought by divers, the other five victims having been recovered between Wednesday and Thursday.

Mike Lynch, a wealthy businessman nicknamed the “British Bill Gates”, celebrated with his friends, colleagues and lawyers his acquittal in June in a fraud trial in the United States that could have cost him many years in prison.

The ship sank within minutes after a tornado struck Monday morning and 15 people, including six passengers including a mother and her one-year-old daughter, were rescued, while one crew member was found dead.

The six people missing on Wednesday morning, five of whom have now been recovered, were Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah; Jonathan Bloomer, the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, a division of the US bank, and insurer Hiscox, and his wife; and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer who defended Mike Lynch in his US trial, and his wife.

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