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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Neil Lancefield

Speeding boat called Peaky Blinder in fatal harbour crash was driven by drunk man, investigation reveals

Rigid inflatable boat Peaky Blinder was involved in a fatal crash was being driven by a man who had drunk a significant amount of alcohol, an investigation has found - (PA)

A speeding pleasure boat involved in a fatal crash was being driven by a man who had drunk a significant amount of alcohol, an investigation has found.

William Blake, 61, and his friend, passenger Gary Huntington, 60, died when the former’s rigid inflatable boat Peaky Blinder hit a stationary navigation beacon in Portsmouth Harbour on 14 August last year.

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