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Morgan listened to the sentencing at Preston Crown Court quietly after telling his barrister to say "nothing at all" on his behalf.

At the start of a day-long appeal hearing on Thursday, barristers said the "extremely high-profile nature of the issue" could be damaging for the asylum accommodation programme.

Mr Doyle, of West Derby in Liverpool, was not asked to enter pleas to any charges after his barrister Simon Csoka KC asked for more time to consider the new counts.

Defence barrister Paul Lewis KC said he was not asking for pre-sentence reports as they would not assist the court.

Andrew Taylor, a Cardiff-based barrister, described the ruling as "unfair", comparing the case to the fight for justice by former postmasters caught up in the much-publicised Horizon scandal.