Four Sicily yacht disaster inquests to be held in Suffolk

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Four Sicily yacht disaster inquests to be held in Suffolk

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*** tech tycoon Mike ****** and his daughter Hannah ***** when their ship sank in bad weather

Inquests into the deaths of British tech tycoon Mike ****** and his 18-year-old daughter, who ***** when their yacht sank off the coast of Sicily, will open on Friday.

Seven people ***** when the Bayesian, a 56-metre sailing boat,

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in the early hours of 19 August.

Inquests into four of those that *****, including Mr ****** and his daughter Hannah,

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. Mr ****** lived at the Loudham Hall estate near Wickham Market, Suffolk.

The court will also investigate the deaths of Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy Bloomer, who were on board.

Of the 22 passengers and crew on the yacht, 15 managed to escape on to a lifeboat, including a one-year-old and Mr ******’s wife Angela Bacares.

Mr ****** was a well-known figure in the *** tech industry, but he became embroiled in a long-running legal dispute which resulted in him being extradited to the US to face ****** charges.

He was

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in June.

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Rescue boats and divers were involved in a search operation after the Bayesian sank

After Mr ******’s ****** was confirmed, Andrew Kanter, a close friend and colleague,

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as “the most brilliant mind and caring person I have ever known”.

“Over nearly a quarter century, I had the privilege of working beside someone unrivalled in their understanding of technology and business,” he said.

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The former Sun editor, David Yelland, said Mr ****** was “the ***’s greatest tech entrepreneur of recent decades”

The former Sun newspaper editor David Yelland said Mr ****** was “an irreplaceable loss not only to those that loved him but also to the country”.

He added: “He is the ***’s greatest tech entrepreneur of recent decades, a family man, a long-time client of my business and a friend.

“To think Mike ****** lost his life just as he began to rebuild it is devastating for all those that know him.”

Mr ******’s colleague Stephen Chamberlain ***** in hospital in August after being hit by a car while running in Stretham, Cambridgeshire.

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has been opened and adjourned.

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