Condor crew member not guilty of manslaughter

A jury has acquitted a ferry worker of manslaughter and been unable to reach a verdict for his crew mate on the same charge over the death of three fishermen.

Artur Sevash-Zade and Lewis Carr stood trial at Jersey’s Royal Court accused of three charges of gross negligence manslaughter after Condor’s Commodore Goodwill collided with trawler L’Ecume II in December 2022, killing Michael Michieli, Larry Simyunn and Jervis Baligat.

Jurors could not reach a verdict on the charges against Carr, 30, but found him guilty of a breach of Jersey’s shipping law.

Mr Sevash-Zade, 35, was found not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter and the jury could not reach a verdict on the shipping law charge.

Carr is due to be sentenced on 4 December for the charge of breaching Jersey’s shipping law relating to a failure to discharge their duties in a manner likely to cause “loss destruction, death or injury”.

He faces a maximum of two years in prison.