Vladimir Motin was on sole watch when his vessel crashed into the Stena Immaculate near the Humber estuary
The Russian captain of a ship that crashed into an oil tanker off the Yorkshire coast has been found guilty of killing a crew member in the collision.
Vladimir Motin, a 59-year-old from St Petersburg, was on sole watch when his ship, the Solong, collided into the Stena Immaculate oil tanker near the Humber estuary on 10 March last year. Mark Angelo Pernia, a 38-year-old Filipino man, was killed in the wreck.
A jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for eight hours before returning a guilty verdict for manslaughter by gross negligence against Motin, who appeared emotionless as he heard it before being remanded into custody ahead of being sentenced on Thursday.
Prosecuting, Tom Little KC described the trial as being about “the entirely avoidable death of a seaman” and claimed that “ultimately, he would still be alive if it was not for the grossly negligent behaviour of the defendant”.
