Speedboat skipper cleared of teenager's manslaughter
A "thrill ride" speedboat skipper who careered into a metal buoy leaving a teenage passenger with fatal injuries has been cleared of manslaughter.
The RIB was recorded traveling at speeds of 47.8 knots - in excess of an expired speed limit of 40 knots that the prosecution said Lawrence had believed to still be in place. Her family were told by doctors she had suffered oxygen starvation to the brain and her injuries were "unsurvivable". Ms Agnew told the jury that Lawrence was either distracted or miscalculated a sharp turn around the buoy.
It was put to Lawrence during the trial that "some mariners can be show-offs" and asked if that described him.
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