Under the Italian legal system, this does not imply guilt and does not necessarily mean charges will be brought.
The crew has maintained they believe freak weather conditions, not their own actions, caused the vessel to sink. Despite allegations of negligence, they say all the doors and hatches were closed in preparation for the storm.
Aside from Mr Lynch and his daughter, the other victims were: Recaldo Thomas, the ship’s Antiguan-Canadian chef, Jonathan Bloomer, the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and his wife Judy Bloomer, Chris Morvillo, a Clifford Chance lawyer, and his wife Neda Morvillo.
Fifteen people, including Angela Bacares, Mr Lynch’s wife, were rescued. The wreck of the Bayesian was raised from the seabed, half a mile from the fishing town of Porticello, in June. It was transported using a floating platform to Termini Imerese, a port about 15 miles along the coast.
