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Mauritius hands 20-month jail sentence to captain of ship that crashed into coral reef, spilling oil

A court in Mauritius hands 20-month jail sentence to the captain and first mate of a freighter that crashed into a coral reef last year, causing the Indian Ocean archipelago’s worst environmental disaster. Magistrate Ida Dookhy Rambarrun said on Monday the court had taken into consideration “the fact that both defendants pleaded guilty and apologised”. […]