Greece’s supreme court has confirmed a 15-year jail sentence against London Greek owner Panagiotis A Lemos over the fatal sinking of the 27,000-dwt bulker Albion Two (built 1976) 20 years ago.
Two lower Greek courts earlier found Lemos guilty over the 1997 incident, in which 25 seamen drowned when the vessel sank in heavy weather off the French coast. He received the heaviest sentence in Greek shipping history over “disruption of safety in sea transportation”, a charge connected to maintenance of the corroded ship.
