Man who steered boat across Channel found guilty over drownings

Ibrahima Bah, who told jury he had been forced by people-smugglers to pilot 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's claim to have piloted the boat under duress from a people-smuggling gang.