Asylum seekers paid £8,000 for a spot on an overcrowded and poorly made dingy – which sank off the Kent coast killing four.
A teenager has been accused of causing the deaths, by negligently piloting the vessel without proper equipment on an uncharted voyage across the English Channel.
Ibrahima Bah, 19, this week stands trial charged with facilitating attempted illegal entry into the UK, and four counts of manslaughter – of Hajratullah Ahmadi and three other unnamed individuals.
Opening the case on Tuesday, prosecutor Duncan Atkinson KC told jurors that the man joked with passengers about their likely death.
