The numbers tell their own story. An $11 billion deal. A decade of litigation. A 0.4 per cent chance of acquittal. And, ultimately, a death so unlikely that even those who knew him best struggled to process it. Mike Lynch built one of Britain’s most successful technology companies, fought one of the most complex corporate battles of modern times, and walked free when few expected him to.  Months later, he was dead. “Maverick outsider, an improbable life, and even more improbable death,” as journalist Katie Prescott puts it. It is a line that captures both the man and the arc…

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