Two people have been sentenced for helping to smuggle migrants across the English Channel. Josh Mallaburn, 33, and Liam Cronin, 34, from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, appeared at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday.

The longest sentence of 15 years is given to Iraqi national Mirkhan Rasoul, who was accused of leading the network.

The man, who was Indian and aged about 40, was in a boat which left from the town of Tardinghen in northern France, French authorities said.