Two men receive suspended sentences over Emily Lewis speedboat death

Boat’s skipper Michael Lawrence and company owner Michael Howley avoid jail after crash killed teenager

Speedboat skipper Michael Lawrence and the company owner Michael Howley have been given 18-week prison sentences suspended for two years in connection with the death of 15-year-old Emily Lewis.

The teenager sustained fatal injuries after the rigid inflatable boat (rib) collided with a 4.5-metre-high buoy at 36.6 knots in Southampton Water on 22 August 2020, with a number of other passengers seriously injured.