Paris court convicts six men of manslaughter over migrants disaster in Channel
Sentences ranged from six months suspended to 10 years after the court found the deaths were caused by an overloaded dinghy that deflated.
- The Paris Criminal Court convicted 13 men on Wednesday for their roles in the 2021 English Channel migrant boat sinking that killed 31 people, the worst such disaster on record.
- On the night of Nov. 23, 2021, 33 migrants departed Calais for Britain in an overloaded, 20-foot inflatable dinghy equipped with a faulty motor and inadequate life jackets.
- Survivors described freezing waters and strong currents, while relatives among the 113 plaintiffs testified about their enduring anguish before the court during the trial.
- Thirteen defendants received sentences ranging from six months to 10 years, with six convicted of manslaughter; one man was acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
- Investigations examine whether French or Britain emergency services failed to answer distress calls, while relatives seek closure for victims whose bodies were never recovered.
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Of the eight other men who were tried in this "passengers' trial", one was released, and sentences ranging from six months' suspended imprisonment to four years' imprisonment were handed down by the Paris Correctional Court, mostly for aiding irregular stay in organized gangs. The court ordered six arrest warrants and a warrant of detention at the end of the hearing. In rendering its decision, it considered that this "unpublished disaster" havin…
Five years after the most deadly shipwreck in the English Channel, the Paris Correctional Court sentenced 13 of the 14 smugglers tried, to six months' suspended sentences of ten years. The brain of the network, absent at the deliberations, received the maximum penalty. The investigation against the CROSS agents involved on the evening of the drama continues.
A PARIS court has sentenced six men to prison terms of between six and 10 years for manslaughter in the drowning of more than 30 migrants in the English Channel five years ago.
Fourteen men were tried for three weeks in the Paris Correctional Court, suspected of being smugglers who led to the death of 31 people in the English Channel in 2021.
Paris court convicts six men of manslaughter over migrants disaster in Channel
PARIS, Sept 30 - A Paris court on Wednesday found six men guilty of manslaughter over the drowning of more than 30 people in the Channel five years ago, the worst disaster on record involving migrants in the narrow seaway separating France and Britain. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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