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A speedboat skipper has been cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence aft the decease of a teenage miss during a "thrill ride".
Passenger Emily Lewis, 15, suffered fatal injuries erstwhile the Seadogz rigid inflatable vessel (RIB) deed a buoy successful Southampton Water connected 22 August 2020.
Michael Lawrence was acquitted aft a proceedings astatine Winchester Crown Court.
The assemblage did find him blameworthy of failing to support a due lookout and failing to support a harmless speed.
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