Russian captain in fiery North Sea crash faces UK trial

Vladimir Motin, 59, from St Petersburg, has been charged with one count of gross negligence manslaughter. He has pleaded not guilty and his trial at London's Old Bailey court is expected to last several weeks. He appeared in the courtroom Monday wearing a maroon jumper and glasses, for early legal arguments and the swearing in of a jury, with the full case now set to open on Tuesday. The cargo ship Motin was in charge of, the Portuguese-flagged Solong, rammed into the jet-fuel-laden Stena Immaculate tanker early on March 10 last year...