Teenager jailed for piloting 'mega dinghy' across the Channel

A 19-year-old has been jailed for more than two years for piloting a "mega dinghy" carrying 167 people across the Channel.

Chan Mathok Atak, from South Sudan, was said to have been one of two pilots on the boat, which crossed from France to the UK in July.

It was estimated at about 13m long - the same length as a bus.

At Canterbury Crown Court on Friday, Atak was sentenced to two years and three months in prison.

At the time it was intercepted, it was the most people ever found on a migrant boat in the Channel.

However, that figure has since been surpassed with 230 arriving in one vessel last month.

Last month, Atak pleaded guilty to piloting the boat and prosecutors said he had created a risk of death or serious injury to those on board.

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