‘Prosecutors probing captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily’

The captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, is under investigation by Italian prosecutors (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Prosecutors in Italy have placed under investigation the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, Italian media have reported.

James Cutfield, a 51-year old New Zealand national, is being investigated for possible manslaughter and culpable shipwreck over the incident off Porticello, newspapers said.