The man is found guilty of having left the controls of the plane which transported the former player of the Chamois Niortais to a pilot who was not authorized to drive this type of device.
Nearly three years after the crash that claimed the life of Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala, British justice has handed down its decision against the intermediary who organized the theft.
David Henderson, 67, was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison for hiring a pilot he knew was unqualified. The defendant was initially to pilot the aircraft but, on vacation in Paris with his wife, he had entrusted the transport to David Ibbotson who did not have a commercial pilot’s license. His rating for this type of aircraft had expired and he was not competent to fly at night.
Found guilty of recklessness or negligence by the popular jury of a court in Cardiff on October 28, David Hendersonn indicated that he was considering an appeal.
