Russian ship captain Vladimir Motin faces court over North Sea death crash

The captain of a Russian cargo ship which collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea appeared in court today (mon). Vladimir Motin, 59, is charged with manslaughter after one of his crew members was killed in the crash which caused fears of environmental damage off the coast of East Yorkshire. Motin, of Primorsky, in St Petersburg, Russia, was the captain of Portuguese cargo ship the Solong which crashed into a US tanker on 10 March. Filipino national Mark…