Jury discharged in trial of UK asylum seeker facing manslaughter charges

Ibrahima Bah accused over deaths of four people who were crossing the Channel with him in small boat

The jury in the trial of an asylum seeker accused of manslaughter over the deaths of four people who were in a small boat with him during his journey across the Channel has been discharged.

Ibrahima Bah, who is older than 18, was on trial accused of piloting the inflatable boat carrying at least 43 people across the sea from France on 14 December 2022.