Italy prosecutors put captain under investigation after sinking of Lynch yacht

ROME (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors have placed Captain James Cutfield under investigation in the probe into the deaths of Mike Lynch and six other people killed when the superyacht belonging to the British tech magnate sank off Sicily last week, Italian media reported on Monday.

Reuters was not able to independently verify the decision.

(Reporting by Giulia Segreti and Giselda Vagnoni; Editing by Jamie Freed)