Karl Lilgert

• Supreme Court says it won’t hear appeal in deadly B.C. ferry sinking

  The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal in the case of a deadly British Columbia ferry sinking in 200

  May 14, 2015
  
• Crown defends conviction in ferry sinking

  The Crown asked British Columbia's Appeal Court on Wednesday to uphold criminal negligence convictions against the navigating officer aboard the Queen of the North ferry when the ship sank, killing two passengers.

  Nov 20, 2014
  
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• Queen of the North ferry navigator appealing his sentence

  The man who should have been at the helm of a B.C. ferry when it sank eight years ago is appealing his sentence for criminal negligence.

  Nov 18, 2014
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• Crown doesn’t need to prove crew member meant to kill missing passengers: judge

  Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein is continuing her instructions to the jury at the trial of Karl Lilgert, who was in charge of navigating the ferry which struck an island and sank in March 2006 off B.C.'s northern coast.

  May 7, 2013
• Closing arguments begin in Queen of the North trial

  Closing arguments begin today in the trial for the former navigating officer charged in the sinking of the Queen of the North.

  May 2, 2013
• Man at helm before B.C. ferry sank was either having sex or an argument, Crown alleges

  Karl Lilgert was either having sex or a heated argument with his former lover on the bridge of a B.C. ferry the night it hit an island and sank, the prosecution alleged at the man's criminal negligence causing death trial.

  Apr 26, 2013
• Former navigation officer in charge of the Queen of the North back in court today

  Karl Lilgert is charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing death, and was visibly upset on the stand yesterday, sobbing through most of his testimony.

  Apr 24, 2013