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Sea captain found guilty of killing crew member in North Sea crash with US oil tanker
Motin was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after failing to act to prevent a collision that killed one crew member and sparked a major fire, prosecutors said.
- On 10 March last year, Vladimir Motin, the Solong's captain, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after the ship collided with the anchored Stena Immaculate.
- Motin had been on sole watch while the Stena Immaculate was visible on the Solong's radar for 36 minutes, yet he switched off the BNWAS and took no avoiding action.
- Technical evidence revealed that prosecutors said Motin pressed the wrong button exiting autopilot while the Solong, 130 metres long, 7,852 gross tonnes, departed Grangemouth at 9.05pm on March 9.
- The Crown Prosecution Service said Motin appeared emotionless as he was remanded to be sentenced on Thursday, with prosecutors calling his failures `exceptionally bad, they amount to gross negligence`.
- The crash left Solong crew member Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, dead, leaving a five-year-old child and a second born two months later, while hazardous cargo raised environmental risk, prosecutors said.
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Independent EspañolLONDON (AP) — The Russian captain of a cargo ship was found guilty on Monday of manslaughter for gross negligence after his boat clashed with an American oil tanker in the North Sea last year, causing...
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