Businessman jailed for 18 months over flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala

The judge ruled at the start of the hearing that the victim impact statement of Sala’s mother, Mercedes Taffarel, would not be read out in court after concerns were raised by Henderson’s defence about its contents.

David Henderson (Jacob King/PA)

A businessman has been jailed for 18 months over the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala.

The 28-year-old striker and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, died when the small plane they were flying in entered the English Channel in January 2019.