A tugboat captain has gone on trial after his shipmate fell into the Mersey and died.
Ian Webb was killed aged 62 after falling into the river from a jetty at Tranmere Oil Terminal nearly four years ago. He had been working as the chief engineer of the Millgarth during a "violent storm" at the time of his death.
Dane Ellis meanwhile was the boat's captain and master. But the 36-year-old is said to have given his subordinate crew member "extremely and obviously dangerous" orders which led to the "unnecessary and avoidable incident", while a failed rescue mission was "disjointed and haphazard".
