JERRY BOYLAN, the captain of the Conception, the Californian diving liveaboard on which 34 people died in a fire in September 2019, pleaded not guilty to charges of “seaman’s manslaughter” in a brief court appearance on 16 February.
The 67-year-old entered his plea before a federal magistrate judge in Los Angeles, with relatives of the divers who died watching over video links, said the LA Times.