Father and son deny boat death charges

A FATHER and son have denied manslaughter charges arising from the death of an Irish student who drowned after falling from their cruise boat in the US.

Joseph Shore, 64, and his son, Mitchell, 40, both pleaded not guilty to negligently causing the death of 20-year-old Catherine Kinsella from Baltinglass, Co Wicklow.

It was the cruise boat operators’ first court appearance since the tragedy off the Massachussets coast in July 2001, which sparked a protracted investigation by local police, the US Coastguard and the FBI.