Mike Lynch widow facing fresh anguish in wake of Sicily yacht tragedy

The widow of Mike Lynch who survived the yacht sinking which killed seven - including her husband and daughter - could potentially inherit a $4billion lawsuit.

Angela Bacares lost her 59-year-old husband and daughter Hannah, 18, in the tragedy after the Bayesian superyacht moored off the coast of Palermo, Sicily, was struck by a tornado and capsized last month, killing seven. The remaining 15 on board, including Mrs Bacares, were rescued.

One month on from the sinking and the grief-stricken widow, 57, is reportedly dealing with huge "survivor's guilt" as well as facing lawsuits. It comes as the boat's captain - James Cutfield - and two other crew members are also under investigation, with Captain Cutfield potentially facing manslaughter charges.

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Friends of Mrs Bacares have claimed the widow 'cannot stop crying' after losing her husband and youngest daughter. The couple's other daughter, Esme, had not been on the boat at the time. She is reported to still be suffering from injuries to her feet following the ordeal.

It's since emerged that Mrs Bacares could find herself embroiled in a $4billion (£3.02billion) damages claim from tech firm Hewlett Packard (HPE) following his US fraud case in which he was cleared of wrongdoing earlier this year. The boat trip had been in celebration of his court triumph, but despite the overseas win, UK civil proceedings in 2022 found he likely had known about impropriety at his firm Autonomy, which was sold to HPE in 2011. As a result, the damages could now be transferred to his estate.

HPE's CEO Antoni Neri confirmed earlier this month the company would be making the "difficult decision" to pursue the claim despite Mr Lynch's death in "the best interest of the shareholders". "The reality of what happened does not change what occurred in the past decade or so, where we believe wrong­doing was done," Mr Neri said.

Distressing details have also emerged over the deaths of the six people discovered in the wreckage - the seventh, the boat's chef Recaldo Thomas, was recovered from the sea. Post-mortems on the bodies of the Lynches, Jonathan and Judy Bloomer and Chris and Neda Morvillo revealed there was no water in their lungs, suggesting they did not die from drowning but instead from suffocation.