Two Iranian men were given 14-month custodial sentences after walking 31 miles through the Channel Tunnel in a desperate bid to enter the UK.

Payam Mirahessari, 26, and Farein Vahdani, 20, both admitted obstructing trains as they trekked between Calais and Kent.

Mirahessari, was jailed for 14 months while Vahdani, 20, was ordered to spend the same amount of time in a young offenders' institution.

The pair completed the perilous 31-mile walk between France and Folkestone on October 3 last year and have been held in custody ever since.

Mirahessari and Vahdani changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty at Canterbury Crown Court today.

They were charged with obstructing an engine or carriage using the railway, under the Malicious Damage Act 1861.