A captain and pilot have pleaded guilty to causing a serious head-on collision between a car carrier and a ro-ro in the River Humber, UK, in December 2015.

Gehan Sirimanne, the now-retired pilot, and Ruslan Uromov, a former master, received a four-month suspended jail sentence at Hull Crown Court.

Uromov was charged with conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals, while Sirimanne was charged with misconduct by pilot endangering ship.