Jury discharged in migrant boat deaths trial where four drowned in English Channel

(ITV) The jury in the trial of a man charged with manslaughter after four people died whilst attempting to cross the English Channel in a small migrant boat has been discharged.

Ibrahima Bah, of no fixed address, was charged with four counts of manslaughter and one count of piloting to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.

He denies the charges.

A multi-agency search and rescue operation was launched off the Kent coast on 14 December 2022, involving the Royal Navy, French Navy, Coastguard, RNLI lifeboats, ambulance service and police.

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