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FV Jubilee sinking tragedy: New revelations as operator prosecuted

Kurt Bayer
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South Island Head of News·NZ Herald·
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The operators of a trawler that sank off the Canterbury coast with the loss of all three fishermen aboard are being prosecuted under health and safety laws.

The 90-tonne, 16m fishing vessel Jubilee sunk after sending a distress signal in the early hours of October 18, 2015.

All three vastly experienced fishermen on board - Jared Reese Husband, 47, of Timaru, skipper Paul Russell Bennett, 35, of Motueka, and 55-year-old Terry Donald Booth, also from the Nelson region – were

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