A ship captain has been found guilty of a fatal North Sea crash.
Russian national Vladimir Motin, 59, has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after his container vessel, the Solong, collided with the anchored US oil tanker the Stena Immaculate near the Humber Estuary last March.
Both vessels were laden with flammable goods.
Crew member Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was on the bow of the Portuguese-flagged Solong, was killed in the collision.
His body has never been found.
Motin, from St Petersburg, had been on sole watch duty.
During his trial at the Old Bailey, he told jurors he made a “mistake” and pressed the wrong button when he tried to take the Solong out of autopilot, and efforts to restart the steering gear had no effect.
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The Solong, with a 14-strong crew, was carrying mainly alcoholic spirits and some hazardous substances.
The Stena Immaculate, with a crew of 23, was transporting more than 220,000 barrels of JetA1 high-grade aviation fuel from Greece to the UK.
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