More details from the prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, led by Ambrogio Cartosio, are expected to be revealed at a press conference. The investigators are looking into offences of “shipwreck and multiple counts of culpable homicide against an unknown person”, according to Palermo Today.
According to Italian media outlet Giornale Di Sicilia, Cutfield was questioned for two hours while prosecutors attempted to piece together the superyacht’s final moments.
Cutfield’s brother Mark told the Herald his brother was a “very good sailor” and was “very well respected” in the Mediterranean.
Earlier this week Cutfield was in hospital but was not suffering from injuries “too dramatic”, his brother said.
“He’s safe, he’s okay.”
Also aboard the yacht were Kiwi Ayla Ronald, 36, a senior associate for Clifford Chance in London, and her partner Matthew Fletcher. They were among the 15 people who were rescued.
The Bayesian was built by Italian shipbuilder Perini in 2008 and was last refitted in 2020, and was managed by yachting company Camper & Nicholsons.
It won a string of awards for its design and can accommodate up to 12 guests in six suites and a crew of 10, according to online specialist yacht sites.
Formerly know as Salute, or health in Italian, its 75m mast is the tallest aluminium mast in the world, Perini said on its website.
The boat left the Sicilian port of Milazzo on August 14 and was last tracked east of Palermo on Sunday evening, with a navigation status of “at anchor”, according to vessel tracking app Vesselfinder.