Four stowaways have been convicted of affray after a violent stand-off on a Grimaldi con-ro in the UK last December.

Samuel Jolumi, 27; Ishola Sunday, 28; Toheeb Popoola, 27; and Joberto McGee, 20, all from Nigeria and Liberia, will be sentenced in London on 3 January.

They were cleared of attempting to hijack the 78,000-gt Grande Tema (built 2014) following a voyage from Lagos, Nigeria, to Tilbury.