Topic: Emmanuel Brown

More than two years after being charged with manslaughter following a collision at sea in which two people died, boat captain Sean Michael McDonald, 38, appeared in court on Tuesday as his two-week trial began.

Swimmer Raya Embury-Brown this weekend will attempt to swim 10 kilometres across the North Sound in honour of her late father, Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Brown.  

Boat captain Sean Michael McDonald denied responsibility for a boating accident that claimed the lives of two people and injured another. McDonald, a Canadian, pleaded not guilty on Friday, 24 Jan., to two counts of manslaughter and one count of causing grievous bodily harm.

Sean-Michael McDonald, 35, of George Town has been charged with two counts of manslaughter and one count of assault causing actual bodily harm following a boat collision in August in which two people died.

Police are appealing for witnesses to Sunday night’s fatal boat crash in which Emmanuel Brown, 49, and John Turner, 70, were killed.

Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Brown is being remembered for his friendly demeanour and his work as a football referee in Cayman.