Bayesian yacht sinking latest: Mike Lynch’s cause of death revealed at inquest

Remotely controlled underwater vehicles and cave divers are looking to raise the yacht, which experts will examine in the coming days.

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Speaking in a new ITV documentary, a rescue diver who had been involved in the search for Mike Lynch and his guests said that five of the adults had been found together.

A rescuer said: “The victims were found in the lower level. We found the people in one room. Bearing in mind the time of the sinking, they were all in their rooms sleeping.

“The fact that they were found together means – it’s just a theory – they got together to escape, or to comfort each other.”

Morgan Stanley international chairman Jonathan Bloomer’s cause of death remains under investigation, along with his wife Judith.

The married couple were recovered from the sunken Bayesian on 21 August.

Senior Coroner Nigel Parsley told the short hearing he would adjourn the inquests until 15 April, 2024.

In a brief inquest opening, Suffolk Police’s Mike Brown said that an initial post-mortem into the death of British tycoon Mike Lynch had given his provisional cause of death as “drowning”.

His body was recovered from the sunken Bayesian yacht on 22 August and was identified by a member of the boat’s crew.

An investigation has been launched by the Maritime Accident Investigations branch and a separate criminal investigation has been opened by the Italian authorities.

An inquest opening at Suffolk Coroners Court into the death of 18-year-old Hannah Lynch heard that her cause of death remains “under investigation”.

Detective superintendent Mike Brown of Suffolk Police told the court: “In the earlyhours on the 19th of August between 4:15am and 4:45am, the yacht Bayesian, occupied by 22 people including 10 crew members and 12 guests, flying the British flag, and located 0.8 miles nautical miles from the coast of Porticello, for reasons yet to be ascertained sank rapidly.

“Of the total occupants, 15 were rescued while seven were reported missing. The search began in the following hours and continued uninterrupted for the following days.”

He added that the talented west London student had been discovered on 23 August and identified by a crew member of the Bayesian. A post-mortem examination has been carried out by Italian authorities, with the provisional cause of death under investigation.

Her full inquest is scheduled to take place on 15 April.

A rescue diver who took part in the search for the Bayesian victims has said that it took longer to find Mike Lynch’s daughter Hannah, due to her “petite size”.

Speaking on a new ITV documentary, he said: “Because the girl was small, petite, her body was hidden behind mattresses, so it took longer to find her.”

He added that discovering the 18-year-old had been particularly devastating for those involved, given her young age.

“When you are recovering a child or a young person it does affect you more than an adult,” he said.

The inquests of tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah Lynch, 18, Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and his 71-year-old wife Judy Bloomer, are due to be opened today in Ipswich, Suffolk.

Coroner’s service listings indicate that Dr Lynch and his daughter both lived in London, while the Bloomers lived in Sevenoaks in Kent, and all four died on August 19.

Suffolk’s senior coroner Nigel Parsley is due to preside over Friday’s hearings.

The inquests into the deaths of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59 and his 18-year-old daughter are set to open at Suffolk Coroner’s Court today.

The inquests into the deaths of Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and his 71-year-old wife Judy Bloomer are also due to open at the court in Ipswich at 10am.

They cited initial examinations carried out in September after the businessman’s body was recovered from the family yacht that sank off Sicily’s coast the previous month during a freak weather incident.

The inquests into his death and three others’ opens on Friday.

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