As the boat owner and 'captain', it's his responsibility to provide and maintain safety equipment, and also brief anyone who boards in safety procedures.
From what I can remember of the court case…
The 'kill chain', that automatically disables an engine the moment the driver is not in control...
He only ‘handed himself in’ because he’d been spotted by journalists who’d then alerted the police, so they were about to nick him anyway.
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