Yvette Jobard the widow of a sailor killed during the crash between the cargo ship 'Ocean Jasper' and the fishing boat 'Sokalique' with two sailors who survived the crash of the 'Sokalique'.
After putting the matter under advisement, November 15, the High Court of Brest just to give judgment on the case of SOKALIQUE this caseyeur Roscoff hit in August 2007 by a Turkish cargo ship, the Ocean Jasper, a collision that claimed the life skipper Bernard Jobard. The commander and his second of Azerbaijani nationality and tried in their absence, were convicted of manslaughter, hit and run and failure to render assistance to a person in danger. They continued their journey without stopping after the collision.
The court ordered the commander of the Jasper Ocean Rafik Agaev, a mere four years in prison and his deputy, Aziz Mirzoyev to three years in prison. Both defendants, Azerbaijani nationality, were absent during the trial. As for the Turkish owner of the cargo, Mehmet Gõmüc that, he was present during the three days of trial, he will have to pay jointly and severally with the commander and his second with a fine to the widow of the skipper SOKALIQUE and children. Yvette Jobard and will receive 26. 250 euros in respect of pecuniary damage, and each of his three daughters, 11. 250 euros. They must also pay 6. 000 euros to each of the five sailors SOKALIQUE survivors and the son of one of them
The master and first-officer of the Turkish-Operated ,2800dwt general cargo vessel Ocean Jasper were sentenced on 22 January to four and three years in prison, respectively. The Azerbaijanis were found guilty of an accidental killing, fleeing the scene of an accident, and failing to provide aid to endangered people after the fatal collision more than five years ago with 20m French fishing vessel, Sokalique.
The collision took place 60nm north of the western tip to Brittany in August 2007.Prosecutor Bertrand Leclerc said Ocean Jasper continued on its route after the collision, with its crew ignoring distress rockets and radio calls. Six members of Sokalique’s crew survived the night- time accident, but the skipper drowned after staying aboard the vessel to send distress messages.
The defendants were also barred for life from working on merchant vessels exceeding 500gt. Neither Ocean Jasper’s master, Rafik Agaev nor its first officer, Aziz Mirzoyev, attended the sentencing in Brest, which followed a three-day hearing in November 2012. They have been missing under international arrest warrants since May 2011.Also along with the ship’s operator,Onurhan Denizcilik,the defendants were ordered to pay Euro 60,000 ($80,000) to the dead skipper’s family.
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