Fatally neglected teenage son of oil tycoon

It was in July 2018 that 15-year-old Toby Finnett was the victim of a fatal accident while in Paxos, Greece. The young son of the director of a big oil company Paul Finnett is fell from a speedboat that raced across the water at full speed. After being postponed many times, the judicial inquiry finally brought this story to a conclusion in December 2021. It was explained that Tony Finnett was the victim of a negligent homicide according to the medical examiner, and one person, whose name has not been released, has been given a suspended 14-month prison sentence.

According to a statement by court forensic scientist Michael Bebee, “on July 14, 2018, Toby Finnett was on vacation with his family in Corfu when he passed over the speedboat they were all in. Injured, he was taken to a local medical center where he died of his injuries. His death was confirmed at 4:40 p.m.“. The 15-year-old boy, after falling from the boat, suffered from serious injuries to his head, chest and left arm. Still according to the medical examiner, “it has been struck several times by the outboard propeller “.

The victim was stuck in the propellers of the boat

Originally from England, the Finnett family were living in Houston, Texas during the tragic accident that killed Toby. According to the Daily Mail, the teenager’s father – who has a boating license – had hired a speedboat for the day to take his son Toby along with his 17-year-old son Benjamin and his son-in-law Kai Stark, aged 14 years old. It was when Paul Finnett piloted the boat off the coast of the island of Paxos that her son fell into the water from the back of the boat. He lost his balance trying to join his brothers up front and found himself stuck by the propellers after it fell. Although Paul Finnett immediately dived in to rescue him and bring him to the nearest medical center, the young boy did not survive.

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