Three 22-year-old illegal immigrants hailing from the Ivory Coast have been jailed for six months each after admitting to escaping from Malta.

They immigrants - Mohamadou Diarra, Coulibali Sekou and Omar Togala Hassan were found in Italy and sent back to Malta.

They initially pleaded not guilty but changed their plea to guilty on the advice of their legal aid lawyer.

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