Lee Joon-Seok

South Korean judges handed down a 36 jail sentence to the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April with the loss of over 300 lives.

After five months of dramatic testimonies in the murder trial of Captain Lee Jun-Seok a three-judge bench is to deliver its verdict.

The captain in charge of the Sewol ferry when it sank told a South Korean court Wednesday that he "deserved the death penalty".

Relatives of the victims of South Korea's ferry disaster wept amid angry scenes in court as prosecutors played video footage of the sinking ferry.

The body was of a woman passenger, and brings the total number of confirmed victims to 293.

The captain, two navigators and the chief engineer of the Sewol ferry could face death penalty if convicted.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said that the behaviour of the captain and crew of the ferry that capsized was unacceptable.

A transcript released Sunday revealed that the crew of a South Korean ferry were Panic-stricken and fumbling for a response.

Lee Joon-Seok is "behind bars" after pictures showed him jumping to safety as hundreds of children remained trapped on the ship.

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Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

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The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

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