Charges dropped against stowaways in Isle of Wight oil tanker incident
Charges dropped against stowaways in Isle of Wight oil tanker incident Lizzie Dearden © Provided by The Independent Charges against stowaways involved in an incident on an oil tanker off the coast of the Isle of Wight have been dropped after evidence “cast doubt on whether the ship or the crew were put in danger”. At the time, the Ministry of Defence called the incident a “suspected hijacking”, but prosecutors now say there was no organised attempt to take control of the vessel. Seven men from Nigeria, where the ship had set sail weeks before, were detained and two w...