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| A man has been jailed for nearly five years for attempting to smuggle 17 illegal immigrants into the UK. | A man has been jailed for nearly five years for attempting to smuggle 17 illegal immigrants into the UK. |
| Stephen Jackson pleaded guilty at Lewes Crown Court on Friday to attempting to smuggling the migrants at Chicester Marina. | |
| The 51-year-old former sailor was sentenced to four year and nine months for assisting unlawful immmigration after he was caught "red-handed" sailing a boat-load of Albanian men aged 20-44 into the marina on 23 May. | |
| During the hearing it also emerged a European Arrest Warrant has been issued for Jackson in connection with the disappearance of a Scottish woman in Spain. | |
| Lisa Brow, 32, originally from Alexandria in West Dunbartonshire was last seen in November last year. | |
| He is due to make an initial court appearance in reguards to his possible extradition at Westminster Magistrates Court on 11 August. | |
| Sentencing Jackson, Judge Guy Anthony said Jackson had been caught "red-handed" and "there are not many cases where somebody is involved in bringing that many people in one go". | |
| He said the Albanian men were travelling in cramped conditions: "Quite apart from the illegality, they are plainly at risk of their health and safety". | |
| Additional reporting by PA | |
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