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Judge in Grenada sentences 3 escaped prisoners found guilty in killing of US yachting couple

ST. GEORGE'S (AP) — Three escaped prisoners from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada who were accused of killing an elderly U.S. couple last year after hijacking their catamaran have been sentenced. Ron Mitchell,…

John McCarthy August 1, 2025

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Mexican superyacht engineer forced ‘golden girl’ crew member to fête her 21st birthday in a Bahamian morgue

NASSAU — An engineer from the Far From It superyacht appeared in court today after he was accused of slashing the throat of a pretty young stewardess during a Bahamas…

John McCarthy July 14, 2025

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Tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht raised towards surface ahead of final lift

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) — Salvage experts winched Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht towards the surface on Friday, 10 months after it went down off the coast of Sicily, killing the British tech…

John McCarthy June 20, 2025

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Salvage of Lynch’s sunken yacht paused after diver’s death

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) — Work to recover the late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht off the coast of northern Sicily has been paused following the death of a diver involved in…

John McCarthy May 10, 2025

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Top secret files which sunk with Bayesian yacht raided by MI6 in James Bond style mission

A James Bond-esque mission to recover highly sensitive secret files held in safes aboard the sunken super-yacht Bayesian was reportedly carried out by UK intelligence service MI6 before Italian divers…

John McCarthy May 9, 2025

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Luxury Lamborghini yacht ‘flipped over’ off Miami Beach with dozens of influencers onboard

MIAMI — A luxury yacht carrying dozens of influencers began taking on water and eventually "flipped over," forcing the Coast Guard to evacuate the vessel near Miami Beach in Florida.…

John McCarthy May 7, 2025

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Three on Bayesian superyacht crew officially under criminal suspicion — as divers start to recover vessel from the sea bed

SICILY (NYP) — Three crew members of the Bayesian superyacht are officially under investigation for crimes including negligence, recklessness and failing to save the ship from an oncoming storm, according to Italian…

John McCarthy May 5, 2025

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US federal judge allows attorneys to subpoena financial records in Antigua yacht case

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) — A federal judge in New York granted the attorneys of a Russian woman permission Monday to issue subpoenas to access the financial records of Antigua…

John McCarthy March 23, 2025

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Baton Rouge, a 200-foot superyacht, spotted in Sint Maarten

PHILIPSBURG — The Baton Rouge was seen anchored in nearby Sint Maarten recently, Superyacht Times reported. The 62.5-meter superyacht was launched in 2010 by the Dutch shipyard ICON Yachts. The motor yacht Baton…

John McCarthy December 18, 2024

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Autopsy suggests tycoon Mike Lynch likely died of suffocation in yacht

PALERMO, Italy — British tech tycoon Mike Lynch died of suffocation after running out of oxygen, an investigative source said, citing initial examinations carried out on Saturday after his body…

John McCarthy September 9, 2024