Two Nigerians Charged In UK Court Over Attempt To Hijack Oil Tanker
Okorie, 25 and Sylvester, 22, were alleged to have endangered the Nave Andromeda with both appearing at Southampton Magistrates Court on Saturday.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 28, 2020
Two Nigerian men, Matthew Okorie and Sunday Sylvester, have been charged to court over alleged attempts to hijack an oil tanker in the English Channel in the UK.
Okorie, 25 and Sylvester, 22, were alleged to have endangered the Nave Andromeda with both appearing at Southampton Magistrates Court on Saturday.
They were part of a group of seven Nigerian men who were arrested after being discovered on board the huge oil tanker on October 25.
A Southampton gym which was taken to court for failing to close during the second lockdown still appears to be open days after the region entered Tier 4.
Spartans Gym was hauled before court in November charged with two counts of failing to comply with reasonable instruction given by a relevant person.
But on Monday, as many as 60 people were seen heading in and out of the family-run gym despite Southampton entering the highest Covid tier on Boxing Day.
Spartans Gym, which was taken to court for failing to close during the second lockdown appears to still be open days after the region entered Tier 4
27 Dec 2020
Two men appeared in Southampton Crown Court on Saturday, charged with alleged crimes relating to a major security alert in the English Channel that led to British special forces raiding an oil tanker.
Matthew John Okorie, 25 and Sunday Sylvester, 22 were charged with endangering a ship under the UK’s Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and will appear in court again in January for trial. They are two of seven men who were arrested onboard the Nave Andromeda oil tanker in October after the crew reported the presence of stowaways on the ship.
All of those arrested are reported to be of Nigerian origin, and the operators of the Greek ‘owned’, Liberian-flagged ship said they believed the men boarded the ship while it was moored off Lagos.
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