The Scotsman

Man jailed for killing students in jet ski crash

- By MARGARET NEIGHBOUR

A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in jail for aggravated manslaught­er for crashing his jet ski into a boat in Copenhagen, killing two American students.

The Copenhagen City Court said the Danish man, who cannot be named under a court order pending a possible appeal by the prosecutio­n, fled after the fatal crash on 6 May, 2016, to a suburban harbour where he was arrested.

He has admitted steering the jet ski that slammed into a rental boat containing a group of students.

Leah Bell, 18, and Linsey Malia, 21, were killed.

They had gone on the trip with five other students from the Copenhagen-based Study Abroad in Scandinavi­a foundation.

The man had denied aggravated manslaught­er and told the court he lost control of the jet ski.

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