LONDON—Two British men have been jailed for conspiracy to murder and a number of other crimes after a prosecution that was made possible only when French police hacked into the EncroChat network.
Paul Fontaine, 36, from Hackney, east London, and Frankie Sinclair, 34, from Cardiff, Wales, were jailed for life, with a minimum term of 18 years, on Friday for conspiracy to murder after a trial at the Old Bailey in London.
Judge John Hillen said they were both part of a “nationwide criminal network” which used EncroChat.
The trial was one of a number in the last year involving evidence from a hack of the EncroChat encrypted phone network, which at one time included 50,000 users, more than 5,000 of which were reportedly in Britain….