Concerning the drysuit bit, does this mean that there is an implication that a dive buddy must check/verify and insist that their buddy is drysuit certified before they dive with them with a drysuit? Where does this end?
Maltese court convicts dive buddy
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SlugLife
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.... yes, it's not MY responsibility to ensure I have proper certifications, skills, am in a proper medical state, have proper equipment, follow safety protocols, rescue myself, etc. NONE of that is MY responsibility. Oh, but it is my responsibility to ensure all of the above for my dive-buddy.
It’s worth reading the Maltese diving regulations.
And diving's supposed to be a fun thing.
The utterly disgraceful way that the Maltese Government behaved over the Steve Martin affair, compounded with BSAC's desertion of a long-term member leaves one completely lost for words.
Malta served an international arrest warrant to Steve in the UK, accusing him of attempted murder -- an utter fiction on their part as they appeared to make the law up as they went along. Steve was ankle tagged like a criminal, reporting to the police 3 times a week and was under curfew. This was to be challenged in the High Court but Malta dropped this the day before his extradition hearing.
Now we hear of this rather perverse case with made-up requirements...
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At first I thought that was Steve Martian of Sidemounting.com, but this is another guy with the same name.
Accused of Involuntary Homicide: Malta vs. Martin
After losing his girlfriend and a friend in a dive accident, Stephen Martin was first commended for his handling of the situation but later found himself accused of involuntary manslaugher by the Maltese authorities who issued an international warrant for his arrest. The case was eventually...
Scuba instructor faces extradition over 'negligence' charges
Stephen Martin, of Rustington, West Sussex, has been charged with two involuntary homicides by Maltese authorities after Larissa Hooley, 48, and Nigel Haines, 59, died while diving last June
Malta Extradition
I'm a British diver and a member of BSAC for 15 years and last June I was diving diving with two other Britons who lost their lives off Gozo, Malta last June and I've been charged with involuntary homicide by a Gozo magistrate's court in July, and served with an extradition order to face trial...
I have to imagine he's never going back to Malta again, even if he wasn't at legal risk. That also makes the UK legal system look absolutely terrible, and deservedly so. I'll bite my tongue on a few other cases where the UK legal system looks terrible in order to remain on topic.
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Here's another article, where the author summarizes and translates the judgement to English.
www.divinginfo.mt
Summary of the Judgement - Christine Gauci's fatal accident and initial outcome of the prosecution of her buddy. - divinginfo.mt
Divinginfo.mt would first of all like to express again condolences to the Family of Ms Christine Gauci who died following a dive in Mgarr ix-Xini, Gozo in January 2020. Unfortunately her relatives and friends may have been brought back the ugly memory of the incident and her unfortunate demise...
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