HP’s fall from grace as they persue the widow of summer yacht disaster for 2bn [Video]

Mike Lynch‘s death in the Bayesian superyacht disaster was the tragic event of the summer, writes Mark Shapland.

The vessel sank off the coast of Sicily on August 19, resulting in the deaths of Lynch, his daughter and five other people.

But for his widow, Angela Bacares, the nightmare has only started.

Tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) is chasing her for £3bn it says it is owed by her late husband.

Lynch, 59, had been locked in legal battles with HP for more than a decade.

The problems arose after the sale of his company Autonomy to HP – then run by Leo Apotheker – in 2011 for £8.6bn.

The tycoon was extradited to the US in 2023 to face charges on defrauding the US giant over the deal. In June, a Californian court cleared Lynch.

However, in a separate case in the High Court in 2022, HP won a multibillion-pound claim accusing …