The trial of five people, including an SNSM captain, for the sinking of the Breiz trawler in 2021 opened Tuesday in Le Havre. The Breiz had experienced stability, watertightness and steering gear problems in the months preceding the sinking.
Quentin Varin, the 27-year-old boss, called for help on January 14, 2021 for bar damage while scallop fishing off the coast of Port-en-Bessin (Calvados) The ship sank in the middle of the night during the operation off Lion-sur-mer, leading to the death of the skipper and his two sailors.