08/02/2007
P&O man charged over sailors' deaths
A P&O employee has been charged with the manslaughter of three sailors found dead in the English Channel last year.
Michael Hubble, from Folkestone in Kent, was working on the Pride of Bilbao ferry at the time that the yacht Ouzo disappeared last August.
The yacht had left Bembridge on August 20 in order to sail to Devon for the Dartmouth Regatta.
The bodies of the three men on board the yacht - Jason Downer, 35, from Kent, James Meaby and Rupert Saunders, both 36 and both from London - were discovered in the sea a few days later. The yacht has never been found.
Mr Hubble has been charged with three counts of manslaughter due to gross negligence.
(KMcA)
Michael Hubble, from Folkestone in Kent, was working on the Pride of Bilbao ferry at the time that the yacht Ouzo disappeared last August.
The yacht had left Bembridge on August 20 in order to sail to Devon for the Dartmouth Regatta.
The bodies of the three men on board the yacht - Jason Downer, 35, from Kent, James Meaby and Rupert Saunders, both 36 and both from London - were discovered in the sea a few days later. The yacht has never been found.
Mr Hubble has been charged with three counts of manslaughter due to gross negligence.
(KMcA)
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A car ferry officer has been found not guilty of the manslaughter of three crewmen who died when their yacht sank in the English Channel. Michael Hubble, 62, was accused of failing to raise the alarm when the P&O car ferry Pride of Bilbao allegedly narrowly missed the yacht Ouzo off the Isle of Wight last year.
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Ferry officer in court over sailors' deaths
A 61-year-old P&O employee has appeared in court charged with manslaughter, due to gross negligence, of three sailors. Michael Hubble, of Folkestone in Kent, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court charged with the manslaughter of Jason Downer, James Meaby and Rupert Saunders.
Ferry officer in court over sailors' deaths
A 61-year-old P&O employee has appeared in court charged with manslaughter, due to gross negligence, of three sailors. Michael Hubble, of Folkestone in Kent, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court charged with the manslaughter of Jason Downer, James Meaby and Rupert Saunders.
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Ferry examined in yacht-sinking inquiry
Police investigating the deaths of three sailors after the sinking of their yacht are examining a ferry as part of the investigation. Police began examining the P&O ferry Pride of Bilbao on Tuesday night. P&O has also handed over the black box recorder from the ship to police.
Ferry examined in yacht-sinking inquiry
Police investigating the deaths of three sailors after the sinking of their yacht are examining a ferry as part of the investigation. Police began examining the P&O ferry Pride of Bilbao on Tuesday night. P&O has also handed over the black box recorder from the ship to police.
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