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    Jury discharged after failing to reach verdicts on Cheeki Rafiki death charges

    • July 17, 2017

    A jury trying a company boss over the deaths of four people on board the Cheeki Rafiki yacht was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on manslaughter charges

    Cheeki Rafiki crew,  Andrew Bridge, from Surrey; Paul Goslin, from Somerset; Steve Warren, also from Somerset and James Male, from Southampton

    Cheeki Rafiki yacht company director denies manslaughter

    • December 6, 2016

    Douglas Innes, the company director of Stormforce Coaching Limited, has denied the manslaughter of four crew members who were killed when the yacht Cheeki Rafiki capsized in the North Atlantic.

    Cheeki Rafiki. MAIB photograph courtesy of Tim Wright/www.photoaction.com

    CPS authorises charges after Cheeki Rafiki investigation

    • October 7, 2016

    Following an extensive Maritime & Coastguard Agency investigation into the circumstances surrounding the loss of the Cheeki Rafiki, a decision has been made by the Crown Prosecution Service to bring…

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