Two men jailed for endangering lives piloting overcrowded Channel boats
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- Omar Heidari, an Afghan national, and Manas Yuk, a Sudanese national, have been jailed for two years and 18 months respectively at Canterbury Crown Court.
- They pleaded guilty to endangering others by piloting overcrowded small boats across the Channel, carrying 95 and 81 people, including children.
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The men were sentenced under a law targeting those who risk the safety of others by piloting small boats, which came into force in January. This law has led to 10 people being sentenced so far.
Two men who piloted overcrowded small boats have been jailed for endangering others while crossing the Channel.
Omar Heidari, a 34-year-old Afghan national who steered a dinghy carrying 95 people to the UK in June, has been jailed for two years.
Manas Yuk, an 18-year-old Sudanese national, was sentenced to 18 months in youth detention after piloting a boat carrying 81 people - including a number of children - just days prior.
The men were sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday having earlier pleaded guilty to endangerment.
It means 10 people have now been sentenced under a law targeting those who risk the safety of others by piloting small boats since it came into force in January.
The Home Office said Heidari had endangered the largest number of lives of anyone so far sentenced for the offence.
The boat was overcrowded during the crossing on 23 June, with some passengers hanging their legs over the sides of the vessel, it said. A number of the passengers were not wearing life jackets.
He was jailed for endangering others as well as arriving in the UK without valid entry clearance.
