Two members of Freshwater Five lose appeal against drugs convictions

Judges reject appeal by Jonathan Beere and Daniel Payne, who said radar showed convictions were unsafe

Two members of the Freshwater Five convicted more than a decade ago of attempting to smuggle 53m of cocaine into the UK have lost an appeal against their convictions.

Jonathan Beere, 51, and Daniel Payne, 46, who were jailed for 24 and 18 years respectively for conspiracy to import 250kg of cocaine, had presented new evidence to the court said to show it was simply impossible" for the men to have collected the drugs.