(BBC) An asylum seeker convicted of manslaughter after piloting a boat across the Channel where four passengers drowned has made a bid to bring a challenge against his convictions and sentence at the Court of Appeal.
Ibrahima Bah was sentenced to nine and a half years’ detention in February over the deaths of the migrants, who were on a dinghy he steered during an attempted crossing in December 2022.
A decision will be given in writing at a later date.
During a retrial at Canterbury Crown Court, Bah said smugglers threatened to kill him if he did not drive the boat but the prosecution said he was not telling the truth and he owed his fellow passengers a “duty of care” as their pilot.
