Ibrahima Bah: Pilot of migrant boat sentenced for Channel deaths
A migrant who piloted a boat where four passengers drowned in the English Channel has been sentenced to nine years and six months.
Ibrahima Bah was convicted of manslaughter on Monday over the deaths of the migrants who were on a dingy he steered during an attempted crossing.
The judge sentenced Bah on the basis he is "about 20 years old".
Bah, whose exact age is in dispute, will serve two-thirds of his sentence in custody.
He will be detained in a Young Offenders Institution, until it is determined he has reached the age of 21, which is when he will be moved to adult custody.
The case is the first time a migrant who navigated an inflatable has been found responsible for harm caused to other occupants, the BBC's home and legal correspondent, Dominic Casciani, said.
The Senegalese migrant had claimed he was forced by violent smugglers to make the journey to the UK in December 2022. read moer....
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