French court jails six men for manslaughter over mass drowning in Channel
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A Paris court sentenced six men for manslaughter in the 2021 Channel crossing disaster in which at least 27 people drowned and four more are presumed dead. Seven others were convicted of lesser offenses connected to people-smuggling and facilitating illegal immigration.
Seven others found guilty of lesser charges in connection to incident in 2021 when inflatable dinghy sank killing at least 27 people with four more missing, presumed dead A Paris court has jailed six men for manslaughter over the deaths of at least 27 people in the worst mass drowning from a small-boat crossing in the Channel on record. Seven other men were found guilty of lesser smuggling charges with varying degrees of seriousness, including facilitating illegal immigration as part of an organised gang and criminal conspiracy. Continue reading...