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| Manslaughter charges are to be brought over the deaths of UK sailors after the yacht Cheeki Rafiki capsized, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has said. | |
| The Cheeki Rafiki had been missing in the North Atlantic when it was found with no sign of the crew in May 2014. | |
| The MCA said prosecutors would bring charges against Douglas Innes and his company Stormforce Coaching. | |
| Andrew Bridge, Steve Warren, Paul Goslin and James Male lost their lives. | |
| Skipper Mr Bridge, 22, from Farnham in Surrey, Mr Male, 22, from Romsey, Mr Warren, 52, from Bridgwater in Somerset and Mr Goslin, 56, from West Camel in Somerset, were on board the Cheeki Rafiki when it began taking on water and contact was then lost. | |
| The unoccupied 40ft yacht was found days later with its life raft still on board. | |
| The men had been returning from Antigua Sailing Week to Southampton when they capsized approximately 720 miles (1,160km) east-south-east of Nova Scotia in Canada. | |
| The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said it had carried out an investigation lasting more than two years into the circumstances surrounding the loss of the Cheeki Rafiki. | |
| Mr Innes, director of Stormforce Coaching, will appear before Southampton Magistrates on 3 November, charged with four counts of gross negligence manslaughter. | |
| Mr Innes and his company are also charged with breaking merchant shipping laws. | |
| Stormforce Coaching said in a statement: "Our legal advisers are currently reviewing the evidence which the prosecution has served upon us in this respect. | |
| "Our thoughts continue to be with the crew members' families during this time." |