Mike Lynch co-defendant in fraud trial dies after being hit by car

Stephen Chamberlain, cleared of financial irregularity charges in US with now missing tycoon, dies from serious injuries in road accident

Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in his US fraud trial has died following a road accident that left him critically injured on Saturday, shortly before the tycoon went missing in the sinking of a superyacht.
Stephen Chamberlain was hit by a car in Cambridgeshire, two days before Mr Lynch was listed as missing after a tornado sank his superyacht off the coast of Sicily.
One person has died and six others, including four British nationals, are missing after the boat, called “Bayesian”, sank at around 5am in front of Porticello in the province of Palermo.
As the search for survivors continued on Monday night, it emerged that Mr Chamberlain had been involved in a road accident two days before the yacht disaster.
A source told The Telegraph: “Our dear client and friend Steve Chamberlain was fatally struck by a car on Saturday while out running.
“He was a courageous man with unparalleled integrity, and we deeply miss him. He fought successfully to clear his good name, which lives on through his wonderful family.”
Mr Chamberlain faced the same charges of fraud and conspiracy as his former boss Mr Lynch for allegedly scheming to inflate the value of his company Autonomy before it was sold to Hewlett Packard.
Both men were acquitted of all 15 charges by a jury in San Francisco in June.
A person familiar with the matter told Reuters that Mr Chamberlain was hit by a car in Cambridgeshire on Saturday morning and was placed on life support.
Cambridgeshire Police did not name Mr Chamberlain but have appealed for witnesses after a collision between a pedestrian and a car in Newmarket Road in Stretham.
Officers said a blue Vauxhall Corsa was travelling between Stretham and Wicken on the A1123 when the collision happened at about 10.10am on Saturday.
The force said the victim, who was in his 50s and from nearby Longstanton, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the car, a 49-year-old woman from Haddenham, remained at the scene and was assisting officers with their inquiries.
After leaving Autonomy in 2012, Chamberlain worked as chief operating officer for cyber security firm Darktrace and volunteered as a finance director for Cambridge United FC, according to his LinkedIn profile.