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Michael Lynch

  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    Mike Lynch’s sunken yacht had ‘vulnerabilities’, UK probe finds

    Bayesian capsized last year when strong winds knocked it over, killing British tycoon and six others

    People watch as a floating crane arrives for the recovery operations of Bayesian in Sicily, Italy on May 3 2025
  • Sunday, 20 April, 2025
    Mike Lynch’s Bayesian superyacht to be salvaged for investigation

    UK tech tycoon and six others were killed last year when vessel sank at anchor in storm off Sicily

    The image shows the luxury sailing boat Bayesian navigating through clear blue waters
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    HPE chief defends ‘difficult’ decision to pursue $4bn case against Mike Lynch estate

    Antonio Neri says company will ‘see through’ effort to seek damages in UK court despite death of former Autonomy chief

    Antonio Neri
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    ExplainerMaritime accidents and safety
    What caused the fatal sinking of the superyacht Bayesian?

    Disaster off Sicily on Mike Lynch’s family yacht raises concerns over marine safety in era of extreme weather events

    Bayesian yacht, map of where it sank and Italian coastguard
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    Italy opens manslaughter probe into Lynch superyacht sinking

    Prosecutors say Bayesian went down stern-first after ‘rapid, sudden’ storm struck

    Ambrogio Cartosio
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Lynch’s superyacht sank because of ultra-tall mast, says rescue skipper

    Dutch captain Karsten Börner witnessed loss of Bayesian in violent storm before assisting survivors

  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Italian prosecutors probe ‘negligent shipwreck’ of Lynch’s superyacht

    Divers recover body of technology entrepreneur’s daughter from the sunken Bayesian

    Mike Lynch with his daughter Hannah
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Chris Morvillo: trial lawyer who helped Mike Lynch walk free

    Clifford Chance partner was aboard Autonomy founder’s yacht to celebrate courtroom victory

    Neda Morvillo and Chris Morvillo smile while posing for a photo on the rooftop of Tower 270 during a summer birthday cocktail event. They are holding drinks, and the city skyline is visible at sunset in the background
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Jonathan Bloomer: City executive who was key witness in Lynch trial

    Former Prudential chief was on board sunken yacht with British tech founder

    Jonathan and Judy Bloomer standing together outdoors, with Jonathan wearing a white shirt and Judy wearing a yellow dress. They are smiling, with greenery and red roses in the background
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Bodies of Mike Lynch and four yacht guests pulled from Bayesian wreck

    Christopher Morvillo, Jonathan Bloomer and their wives died after vessel sank on Monday

    Rescue personnel work next to the body of a person in a body bag at the scene where a luxury yacht sank, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy. Several rescuers in red and gray uniforms are handling the body bag on a boat while others stand on the dock.
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Bayesian maker says crew should have had time to rescue passengers

    Italian Sea Group chief executive says superyacht was ‘absolutely safe’

    The image shows the luxury sailboat Bayesian in the water near Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The boat is tilting slightly to one side with its sails fully extended. Several people, wearing red shirts and caps, are visible on the deck, engaged in various activities. The name Bayesian is prominently displayed on the stern of the boat
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    News in-depth
    Mike Lynch’s journey from tech founder to long legal battle

    The outsider entrepreneur was celebrating a courtroom victory when the yacht he was on sank

    Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy Corporation, is seen in St James Square, Westminster, London, UK. He is wearing a dark blazer and white shirt, looking to the side with a neutral expression. The background is a plain wall with soft lighting.
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Five bodies found on Mike Lynch’s superyacht

    Divers resume search operation for last remaining missing passenger

    Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters arrive with a body bag at the back of the boat in Porticello near Palermo
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    ‘Minimal’ chance Lynch and other missing yacht passengers are alive, says coastguard

    Autonomy founder among six people unaccounted for after Bayesian sank off coast of Sicily

    Divers operate in the sea to search for the missing, including British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, after a luxury yacht sank off Sicily
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Mike Lynch among missing after yacht sinks off Sicily

    UK tech entrepreneur unaccounted for after boat trip celebrating recent legal victory was hit by storm

    Mike Lynch
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    How Mike Lynch walked free after his decade-long US legal saga

    Prosecutors struggled to connect Autonomy founder to alleged fraud while he made his case to the jury

    A montage of Mike Lynch and the logos of HP, Autonomy and the seal of the US District Court in California
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Law
    Mike Lynch acquittal turns spotlight on UK-US extradition deal

    Three times as many Britons are sent to trial in America than travel the other way across Atlantic to face charges

    British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch walks into federal court in San Francisco
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Former Autonomy chief Mike Lynch acquitted in US fraud trial

    UK tech entrepreneur had been extradited to face criminal case over $11bn sale to HP in 2011

    Mike Lynch
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Autonomy Corp PLC
    Autonomy’s Lynch plays down knowledge of alleged fraud ahead of HP sale

    British tech entrepreneur quizzed by US prosecutors as trial enters final stages

    Mike Lynch arrives at court
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Mike Lynch tells US jury Autonomy ‘wasn’t perfect’ but denies fraud

    British tech entrepreneur takes the stand at trial over 2011 acquisition by HP

    Mike Lynch
  • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
    Autonomy Corp PLC
    The Mike Lynch storybook

    ‘When honey is not honey’

  • Monday, 18 March, 2024
    Autonomy founder Mike Lynch called ‘driving force’ of ‘massive fraud’ in US trial

    UK tech entrepreneur finally faces a US jury after years of legal wrangling

    Mike Lynch
  • Sunday, 17 March, 2024
    Mike Lynch goes on trial in US over Silicon Valley’s ‘largest fraud’

    Autonomy founder faces charges of falsifying accounts before HP bought his software company in 2011

    Mike Lynch
  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    White collar crime
    Mike Lynch uses $50mn in Darktrace shares to secure US bail

    The billionaire founder of Autonomy was extradited to face trial for fraud

    Mike Lynch
  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Autonomy founder Mike Lynch extradited to US

    Entrepreneur faces fraud charges over software group’s accounts

    Mike Lynch, former chief executive of Autonomy
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