Two more members of a crime group that was involved in a 28 mile at-sea chase have been jailed for their roles in a plot to smuggle cocaine into the UK.

Peter Williams and Bobbie Pearce were today (Thursday 21 Aug) jailed for 16 years and nine months and 15 years and four months respectively.

Four of their accomplices were jailed for more than 82 years earlier this month at Truro Crown Court.

Scott Johnston, 38, of Havant and Edwin Yahir Tabora Baca, 33, of Barcelona, Spain tried to outrun pursuing officers for around 28 miles at sea after their cocaine-laden boat was spotted off the coast of Cornwall.

They were jailed for 24 years and 17 years 7 months respectively.

Michael May, 47, of Brentwood; and Terry Willis, 44, of Chelmsford, helped organise collection of the cocaine, worth £18.4m. They were also sentenced to 19 years’ and 21 years 8 months’ imprisonment.

Williams, 43, of Havant and Pearce, 29, of Brentwood faced justice today and the final member of their organised crime group – Alex Fowlie, 35, of Chichester – will be sentenced on 5 September.

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