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Ohio: Modou Fall Ngom appeals 22-year sentence

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Modou Fall Ngom has appealed against his 22-year-and-six-month prison sentence handed down in Ohio after a fatal accident on 11 April 2026. His lawyer Christopher Bazeley filed two notices of appeal and asked for the cases to be consolidated, according to Les Échos.

Senegalese national Modou Fall Ngom has appealed against his 22-year-and-six-month prison sentence handed down in Ohio, United States, on 29 October. His court-appointed lawyer, Christopher Bazeley, filed two notices of appeal on 3 November, according to Senegalese daily Les Échos.

The defence also asked for the cases to be consolidated and for the state to cover the costs of transcribing the hearings, which are necessary for the proceedings to continue. The sentence followed a fatal accident on 11 April 2026, Les Échos reported.

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