(BBC) A 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 Senegalese migrant, 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 Canterbury Crown Court also found Bah guilty of facilitating a breach of immigration law.
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.
