Ex ‘Britain’s Strongest Man’ faces jail for people smuggling

A bodybuilder who was once crowned Britain’s Strongest Man is facing jail for smuggling 17 Albanians into the UK on a catamaran. Jimmy Marku, 44, won the strongman competition in 2008, but four years later he was locked up for nine months for his part in a £65,000 cannabis deal. The Albanian-born Brit admitted conspiracy to facilitate unlawful migration after the 17 Albanians were found below deck on a boat called Fortunella, at Chichester Marina in May 2016. Australian Stephen…

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