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Man who piloted dinghy in English Channel with 95 migrants on board is jailed

Omar Heidari, an Afghan national, has been jailed for two years for piloting a dinghy carrying 95 migrants across the Channel , endangering the largest number of lives of any pilot sentenced so far. Manas Yuk, an 18-year-old Sudanese national, received an 18-month youth detention sentence for piloting an "overcrowded"…

The Independent UK · Jul 31

Asylum seeker jailed for attempting to arrive in UK by small boat

Rou had no previous convictions or immigration history in the UK

The Independent UK · Jun 30

People smuggler who sent people from UK to France ‘boasted about business in voice note’

Jaskirat Singh, 25, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday

The Independent UK · Jun 18

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Small boat pilots jailed for endangering desperate migrants in Channel crossings

Tajik Mohammad, from Afghanistan, and Sudanese national Alnour Ali were sentenced over two separate perilous journeys

Evening Standard · Jun 10

Authorities Charge Migrants Who Reached UK by Crossing the English Channel in Small Boats During Heatwave

Several migrants have been charged with immigration offences after crossing the English Channel during a heatwave, with UK prosecutors acting swiftly to bring cases to court.

International Business Times UK · Jun 2

Migrant, 32, becomes first to be convicted of new Channel crossing offence

Tajik Mohammad pleaded guilty to endangering others during a sea crossing to the UK

The Independent UK · Apr 21

Alleged small boat migrant first to be charged under new Channel crossings law

The 18-year-old is the first to be charged with the offence and will appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday

Evening Standard · Jan 7

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Ex-GP found guilty of sex offences after carrying out ‘unnecessary’ genital exams

Gregory Manson found guilty of conducting groin exams even when his patients came in with minor ailments

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2025

Father accused of murdering his baby daughter lied to police about cannabis use

Thomas Holford, 24, has denied murdering Everleigh Stroud, who died aged one after ‘excessive and severe’ shaking when she was just five weeks old.

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025

Killer who hid pregnant wife’s body under patio for 23 years asked son to dig up her remains

Killer Andrew Griggs tried to manipulate his son into digging up his mother’s remains in a chilling plot to clear his own name

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

Drug trafficker jailed for smuggling £22.8m cocaine in dry ice for 'London hospital'

Bart Verschueren, 40, was sentenced on Thursday at Canterbury Crown Court

Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2025

People smuggler who crammed nine migrants including 4-year-old child into van and crossed Channel jailed

Border Force officers stopped Constantin-Florin Pauliuc’s vehicle at the Port of Dover after he arrived in the UK from Calais

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Driver jailed for killing teenage girl in crash, telling police ‘I’m stupid’

Jack Cracknell was jailed for six years at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday.

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Coroner finds three migrants were unlawfully killed in English Channel tragedy

A total of four people died when a small boat sank off the English coast on December 14, 2022.

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

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Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2023

Lorry driver transporting illegal immigrants for London people smuggling gang jailed

Vasile Balcovei dropped smuggled Romanians at an Essex petrol station

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023

Chef who stabbed woman reported to police by his mother after recognising him on CCTV

James Nangle has been convicted of unlawful wounding after an incident outside a pool lounge

Daily Mirror · Feb 21, 2023

Couple tried to smuggle two Iraqi migrants into the UK by hiding them in pair of sofas

A middle-aged couple were caught attempting to smuggle two Iraqi immigrants into the UK by alert Border Force officers who found them inside the bases of two sofas in their van

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Man banned from approaching animals with hooves after being caught having sex with ex-mayor’s horse

‘You are not to go near any sort of animal with a hoof,’ Phillip Henry warned

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The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

Terrified mum kissed children goodbye after abusive boyfriend wrote ‘mummy is dead’ on wall

Michelle Bielby was convinced she would be killed by menacing Jake Jones, 31, after he told her, ‘I’m going to put you in a grave’

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

‘Repellent and appalling’ sex offender jailed for groping teen girl on train

Court hears Matthew Lewis had more than 90 previous convictions

Wales Online · Aug 3, 2022

Drunk twins Brittany and Bethany Lee doused themselves in petrol and threatened to blow up garage

They are now in prison

Daily Mirror · Jul 11, 2022

Mum who stabbed friend 6 times jailed after turning up to previous hearing drunk

Gemma Sparks, 38, slashed Kimberly King numerous times in the frenzied attack at a house in Herne Bay but couldn't be sentenced last month as she was too drunk to stand trial

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

‘Sick and twisted’ killer of PCSO Julia James jailed for at least 37 years

Callum Wheeler, 22, was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court.

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

Callum Wheeler: The ‘angry, violent’ killer who murdered PCSO and threatened to attack again if freed

‘Highly sexualised’ 22-year-old exposed himself to female officers after his arrest

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

Killer of PCSO Julia James jailed for life over ‘brutal and vicious’ attack

Callum Wheeler was ordered to serve a minimum of 37 years.

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