The family of a chef who died aboard the doomed superyacht Bayesian is seeking ‘justice’ for his death - and could be in line for a $40 million compensation payout.
Canadian Antiguan Recaldo Thomas, 59, was among seven people who drowned when the yacht owned by British tech billionaire Mike Lynch went down in a violent storm off the coast of Sicily last summer.
Mr Lynch and his daughter Hannah, 18, were also among the victims, and an interim report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch last week highlighted design flaws in the yacht and crew response as possible factors in the sinking.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Recaldo’s sister-in-law Joycelyn Palmer, who is executor of his estate, said:’ We just want justice and yes, we will be looking at compensation, someone must pay for what happened.
‘We all knew Recaldo as Rick, and he was a lovely, lovely man with a heart of gold, and his smile would light up the room, I never heard him say he’d had a bad day, and he loved working on yachts, he was at sea for more than 30 years.
