Four jailed over tunnel attack

Four young refugees were today jailed for four months for breaking down security barriers at the Channel Tunnel, allowing hundreds of illegal immigrants to try to cross to Britain by foot.

Four jailed over tunnel attack

Four young refugees were today jailed for four months for breaking down security barriers at the Channel Tunnel, allowing hundreds of illegal immigrants to try to cross to Britain by foot.

In fast-track legal proceedings, the court in Boulogne also ordered the four men - three Kurdish Iraqis and an Afghan - to pay a total of two million francs (£195,000) to Eurotunnel.

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