The Setúbal Court sentenced 64-year-old helmsman Manuel Coelho to four and a half years in prison, suspended for five years, for the deaths of four passengers in an April 2024 shipwreck off Troia. Judges ruled that Coelho acted recklessly by taking the recreational fishing boat out in rough waters with waves nearing four meters. Coelho was the sole survivor among five people aboard when the vessel capsized.
Skipper Convicted Over Fatal Troia Boat Sinking
Friday, 9 October 2026AI summary
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