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Bayesian victim Mike Lynchs widow could face 3BN claim against family as firm vow to continue legal battle against him [Video]

TECH giant Hewlett Packard is set to follow through on charges of fraud against late Brit billionaire Mike Lynch – meaning his widow could face a £3billion damages claim.

The entrepreneur and dad-of-two, dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates”, died alongside his teenage daughter when his superyacht the Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily on August 19.

Mike Lynch leaves the UK Royal Courts of Justice after a hearing in March 2023Credit: Belinda Jiao
Mike with his wife Angela Bacares, who survived the yacht tragedy in Italy
Mike with daughter Hannah, who also died in the tragic yacht disaster
The 184-ft superyacht, Bayesian, sank off the coast of Sicily on August 19

Lynch, 59, sold his software firm Autonomy to Hewlett Packard in 2011 for over £8billion and was later accused of fraud alongside his former finance director.

A civil legal case began in the UK in 2019 and was largely decided in …

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