Gangmaster guilty of 21 picker deaths

A Chinese gangmaster was convicted today of the manslaughter of 21 cockle pickers who drowned after being trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay.

Gangmaster guilty of 21 picker deaths
Fri, 24 Mar, 2006 - 12:02

A Chinese gangmaster was convicted today of the manslaughter of 21 cockle pickers who drowned after being trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay.

Lin Liang Ren, 29, was found guilty of unlawfully killing a team of Chinese cocklers who were caught in fast incoming tides on Warton Sands, off Hest Bank, Lancashire, on February 5 2004.

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