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Appeals Court Convicts South Korea Ferry Captain of Murder
A South Korean appeals court on Tuesday found the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago guilty of murder and upped his sentence to life imprisonment, a court official said.
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South Korea Ferry Captain 'Murdered' Passengers
The captain of the Sewol ferry, which sank in April with the loss of 304 lives, murdered his passengers by intentionally abandoning them to their certain deaths, a South Korean appeals court heard on Tuesday.
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South Korean Ferry Captain Gets 36 Years in Prison
A news report says that a South Korean district court has handed a sentence of 36 years in prison to the captain of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people.
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Judgement in Murder Trial of South Korea Ferry Captain
A South Korean court Tuesday will deliver its verdict -- and possible death sentence -- on the ferry captain at the centre of one of the country's worst peacetime disasters, as officials finally ended the long search for bodies.
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Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Korea Ferry Disaster Captain
South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April, saying he had abandoned the more than 300 people who died in the disaster.
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Owner of Sunken Korean Ferry Blamed for Five Earlier Crashes
In the same narrow waterways where more than 300 people died this spring aboard the ferry Sewol, another ship owned by the same company crashed into an oil tanker 11 years earlier. The ferry's captain had chosen the difficult water path to cut a mere seven miles from its journey.
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Student Survivors to Testify in Korea Ferry Trial
Student survivors of South Korea's ferry disaster will testify in the trial of the captain and crew in a special session at a courtroom in their traumatised home town, a district court ruled on Tuesday.
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Shout of 'Murderer' Goes up in Packed Court as Korea Ferry Crew Face Trial
Fifteen crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people, most of them children, went on trial on Tuesday on charges ranging from negligence to homicide, with the shout going up of "murderer" as the captain entered the court.
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Korea Ferry Crew Told 'You're Not Human' by Victim's Kin as Trial Begins
Fifteen crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people, mostly children, went on trial on Tuesday on charges ranging from negligence to homicide, with angry and grieving relatives of the dead packing the courtroom.
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Murder Trial Opens for South Korea Ferry Captain and Crew
With South Korean divers still searching for victims of April's ferry disaster, the murder trial of the captain and crew was set to open on Tuesday in a heated atmosphere that has raised concerns about a fair hearing.
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Appeals Court Convicts South Korea Ferry Captain of Murder
A South Korean appeals court on Tuesday found the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago guilty of murder and upped his sentence to life imprisonment, a court official said.
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South Korea Ferry Captain 'Murdered' Passengers
The captain of the Sewol ferry, which sank in April with the loss of 304 lives, murdered his passengers by intentionally abandoning them to their certain deaths, a South Korean appeals court heard on Tuesday.
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South Korean Ferry Captain Gets 36 Years in Prison
A news report says that a South Korean district court has handed a sentence of 36 years in prison to the captain of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people.
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Judgement in Murder Trial of South Korea Ferry Captain
A South Korean court Tuesday will deliver its verdict -- and possible death sentence -- on the ferry captain at the centre of one of the country's worst peacetime disasters, as officials finally ended the long search for bodies.
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Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Korea Ferry Disaster Captain
South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April, saying he had abandoned the more than 300 people who died in the disaster.
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Owner of Sunken Korean Ferry Blamed for Five Earlier Crashes
In the same narrow waterways where more than 300 people died this spring aboard the ferry Sewol, another ship owned by the same company crashed into an oil tanker 11 years earlier. The ferry's captain had chosen the difficult water path to cut a mere seven miles from its journey.
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Student Survivors to Testify in Korea Ferry Trial
Student survivors of South Korea's ferry disaster will testify in the trial of the captain and crew in a special session at a courtroom in their traumatised home town, a district court ruled on Tuesday.
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Shout of 'Murderer' Goes up in Packed Court as Korea Ferry Crew Face Trial
Fifteen crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people, most of them children, went on trial on Tuesday on charges ranging from negligence to homicide, with the shout going up of "murderer" as the captain entered the court.
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Korea Ferry Crew Told 'You're Not Human' by Victim's Kin as Trial Begins
Fifteen crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people, mostly children, went on trial on Tuesday on charges ranging from negligence to homicide, with angry and grieving relatives of the dead packing the courtroom.
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Murder Trial Opens for South Korea Ferry Captain and Crew
With South Korean divers still searching for victims of April's ferry disaster, the murder trial of the captain and crew was set to open on Tuesday in a heated atmosphere that has raised concerns about a fair hearing.
