Overview
- Lillywhite alleges the official account concealed who was at the helm, pointing to billionaire boat owner Guillermo González Nova rather than a young deckhand.
- MacColl died on December 18, 2000 after pushing her son out of a speedboat’s path inside a protected dive zone off Cozumel where watercraft were restricted.
- Deckhand José Cen Yam was convicted of culpable homicide in 2003 yet avoided a near three-year sentence by paying a fine reported at about £61, claiming he was moving at one knot.
- Family members and private investigators have long disputed that version, calling Yam a fall guy; Nova was reported to be on board and the only licensed driver, and he died in 2009.
- The Justice for Kirsty campaign pursued appeals before disbanding in 2009, and the anniversary coverage coincides with a newly issued 1987 live recording of Fairytale of New York mixed by Lillywhite, with no new legal action reported.