(LBC) Two people smugglers have been jailed after piloting a boat across the Channel from France to the UK, which saw a woman and child die shortly after setting off.
Afghan nationals Shah Salim Sajjadi, 38, and Safiollah Mohammadi, 25, were arrested after the boat arrived into UK waters on Wednesday, May 21.
The small boat was carrying more than 70 people.
Shortly after its departure from a beach near Calais earlier in the day a woman and child had been pulled off the over-crowded boat by a French coastal patrol vessel and declared dead.
Police in France are now investigating the circumstances of the fatalities under the direction of the Dunkirk prosecutor’s office.
