Bodies recovered from sunken yacht identified by Italian authorities

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British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been confirmed as among the dead after a superyacht sank off Sicily this week.

The Italian coastguard said the bodies of Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer and US lawyer Christopher Morvillo had also been recovered, along with those of their wives, Judy Bloomer and Neda Morvillo.

Mr Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah remains missing.

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Recaldo Thomas, the yacht’s chef, also died and was found in the hours after Monday’s early morning sinking.

It comes as another body was brought up from the wreck on Thursday morning, after divers recovered four yesterday.

Chef Recaldo Thomas didn't survive
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The body of chef Recaldo Thomas was recovered in the hours after the sinking


Six people were originally missing and 15 rescued after the UK-flagged Bayesian capsized amid a storm.

Mr Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, is among the survivors.

Jonathan Bloomer is the chairman of Morgan Stanley Pic: Hiscox/ Linkedin
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Jonathan Bloomer was chairman of Morgan Stanley International and Hiscox. Pic: Hiscox/Linkedin

Christopher Morvillo Pic: Clifford Chance handout
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Christopher Morvillo was a lawyer who worked on Mr Lynch’s fraud case. Pic: Clifford Chance

The ship has been resting at a depth of 50m (163ft) off Porticello near Palermo, where it had been anchored during the storm.

Mr Lynch, 59, known as the “British Bill Gates“, has been in the headlines in recent months over a high-profile fraud case.

In June, he was cleared of all charges by a US jury related to the sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.


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