An Italian speedboat captain was handed a light punishment in the fatal crash that killed prominent “Harry Potter” publishing house executive Adrienne Vaughan off the Amalfi Coast of Italy.

Skipper Elio Persico was sentenced to four years and nine months in jail after requesting a plea bargain with a Salerno judge on Friday, CBS News reported.

The 32-year-old faced culpable manslaughter and negligent injury charges for allegedly operating the vessel, sailing 15 knots, while drunk and high on cocaine.

Vaughan, the president of Bloomsbury USA publishing house, was on board the vessel with her husband and two young children when the watercraft smashed into the 130-foot sailing ship “Tortuga” on Aug. 3, 2024.

The 45-year-old New Jersey resident was sunbathing on the front of the 30-fo

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