Vladimir Motin, 59, the Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea, has pleaded not guilty at the Old Bailey to the manslaughter of a crew member
A Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea has denied manslaughter of a crew member.
The Solong’s master, Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, is charged over the death of Mark Angelo Pernia, 38. Motin’s vessel was involved in a fatal collision with the American tanker Stena Immaculate off the coast of Yorkshire on March 10.
All 23 people on the tanker were rescued along with 13 crew from the Solong, but Filipino Mr Pernia could not be located.
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