The Supreme Court of Spain has dealt a blow to the master, insurer and owner of the Prestige more than 13 years after the tanker broke apart, causing a high-profile oil spill.
The decision hands a victory to Spain’s government in most points of its appeal of a 2013 judgement that acquitted master Apostolos Mangouras of most charges and awarded no civil liability in the 2002 casualty that sullied the coasts of Spain, France and Portugal.
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