(BBC) People screamed “we are going to die” as a boat holding more than 40 migrants started sinking crossing the English Channel, a court heard.
At least 43 people made the journey on 14 December 2022 — not all had life jackets and four men died.
Ibrahima Bah, who is over 18, is accused of steering the boat in return for free passage on it.
He denies four counts of manslaughter and a charge of facilitating a breach of immigration law.
Survivor Nesar Durrani, who is from Afghanistan, said he heard a man at the engine of the boat joke “I will either take you there or kill you all.”
