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Man pleads guilty over deaths of four migrants
Key takeaways
- A man has pleaded guilty after four migrants drowned trying to cross the English Channel.
- Alnour Mohamed Ali, a Sudanese national, was charged with endangering life after two men and two women died while trying to board a small boat in France on 9 April.
- The 27-year-old, who admitted to having piloted the vessel, appeared at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday.
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Joshua Askew South East PA Media. The incident happened off the coast of France. A man has pleaded guilty after four migrants drowned trying to cross the English Channel.
Alnour Mohamed Ali, a Sudanese national, was charged with endangering life after two men and two women died while trying to board a small boat in France on 9 April.
The 27-year-old, who admitted to having piloted the vessel, appeared at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday.
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