Captain of Sicily tragedy yacht ‘not responding to prosecutors’ questions’

Cutfield was among 15 survivors of the sinking on August 19 that killed Mr Lynch, his daughter Hannah and five others.

Seven people died in the tragedy last week (AP)

The captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, has decided not to respond to prosecutors’ questions, his lawyer said.

James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealand national, is under investigation for possible manslaughter and culpable shipwreck charges and was questioned for the third time by the Termini Imerese prosecutors on Tuesday.