While diving off Blue Cap Rocks in the Farne Islands in August 2005, Michael Ward was hit by a propeller of the charter boat Sovereign II as he returned to the boat.
His injuries called for the amputation of his left leg and the pinning of his right leg.
Investigations by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency revealed that the skipper Christopher Wilson did not hold the necessary certificate of competence to be in charge of the boat.
In Newcastle Crown Court Mr Toby Douglas, a director of Sovereign Diving Ltd. and Christopher Wilson, acting skipper of Sovereign II pleaded guilty to a breach of the Code of Practice for Small Commercial Vessels.
Sovereign Diving was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £3,500 towards costs, and Christopher Wilson was fined £500 and was ordered to pay £500 towards costs.
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