Italian prosecutors have put the engineer of Mike Lynch’s superyacht under investigation after its sinking off Sicily.

Tim Parker Eaton is the second Bayesian crew member to be investigated. A judicial source shared the information about the British national.

Unconfirmed reports from ANSA English, an Italian news agency, suggested Mr Parker Eaton was being investigated on charges of suspected multiple negligent manslaughter and causing a shipwreck.

A second British member of the yacht’s crew, Matthew Griffith, is also now under investigation, according to Italian media reports. Mr Griffith is believed to also have French citizenship.

The Bayesian’s captain James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck, the dailies La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera have reported.

Magistrates spoke to Mr Cutfield for the second time in a week on Sunday, questioning him for more than two hours, La Repubblica reported.

The Bayesian sank during an intense storm last week, killing British tech tycoon Mr Lynch and six others.