You couldn't make it up
"Three people were jailed for three years each ... "
So they will serve no more than 18 months, less if Ken Clarke is feeling generous!
"The judge recommended the three should be deported once they'd served their sentences." but has given them something like 18 months in which to dream up a Yuman Rites excuse to remain, and do it again!
As Inspector Gadget constantly reports: "You couldn't make it up!"
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