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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Russian captain denies unlawful killing of crew member in North Sea collision

The Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

The Solong’s master, Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, is accused of the unlawful killing of crew member Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, in the collision off the East Yorkshire coast.

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