Man who steered boat across channel found guilty over drownings

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Ibrahima Bah, alleged to have received free passage in return for piloting boat, convicted of manslaughter

A man who piloted a small boat across the Channel on a crossing during which at least four fellow passengers drowned has been found guilty of manslaughter.

Ibrahima Bah was convicted by a jury at Canterbury crown court on Monday after a retrial. The court had heard Bah piloted the boat under duress from a people-smuggling gang.

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