A Senegalese man who piloted a boat in the English Channel has been found guilty of the manslaughter of four migrants who drowned when it ran into difficulty.
Ibrahima Bah, a migrant himself, had offered to steer the dinghy in December 2022 in exchange for a free crossing.
He had claimed that he was forced by violent smugglers to make the journey with at least 43 other migrants.
A jury at the UK’s Canterbury Crown Court also found Bah guilty of facilitating a breach of immigration law.
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