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Evening Standard
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Anahita Hossein-Pour

SHOCKING: First small boat pilots jailed for endangering others in channel - You Need To See This

Afghan national Mohammad Tajik (circled) piloting a small boat on the English Channel (CPS/PA) - (PA Media)

Two small boat pilots who steered overcrowded craft have been jailed, becoming the first people sentenced for a new offence of endangering others during a Channel crossing.

Afghan national Mohammad Tajik, 32, was sentenced to two years in prison at Canterbury Crown Court on Wednesday over a dangerous journey on January 17.

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